In the opening lines of Homer’s Odyssey the wandering hero Odysseus longs for the day of his  homecoming, for his νόστιμον ἦμαρ (pronounced nostimon imar) which means literally ‘the day of my return’. On 23 February 2022 the Greek Minister of Culture, Dr Lina Mendoni, was in New York to take possession of over fifty … Continue reading The Parthenon Sculptures and the Day of their Return