TITLE

Greece, part 1

AUTHOR(S)

Brasher, Stephen

PUB. DATE

June 2010

SOURCE

New Statesman;6/21/2010, Vol. 139 Issue 5006, p58

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article discusses the involvement of British political figures with Greece and Greek culture including Arthur Hall, a member of parliament who first translated Homer's "Iliad," from French to English, William Ewart Gladstone, a prime minister and a serious Homeric scholar, and Hugh Hammersley, a member of parliament who called for the return of the Elgin Marbles to Greece.

ACCESSION #

51653846

Tags: GLADSTONE, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898;  GREECE -- Civilization

 

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