Skopje museum plans sculpture of the Macedonian king and other famous ancient figures.
The director of an archaeological museum opening
later this year in Skopje, the capital of the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia (FYROM), says it will have 15 wax sculptures of historical figures,
including Alexander the Great (below), his father Philip II and the
philosopher Aristotle, which will do little to improve relations with
Greece or Bulgaria.
Greeks and Bulgarians have bitterly contested FYROM’s claim to figures such as Alexander. Greece has also been
involved in a 22-year naming dispute with FYROM, the name adopted by
the Balkan state in 1991 after the break up of Yugoslavia. The Greek
government fears that FYROM may stake a territorial claim to a
northern area of Greece, which is called Macedonia. -----
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- Ian Worthington, a professor at the University of Missouri, says the display is controversial—“clearly emphasising to all and sundry their claim to Alexander and Philip II”. He says, however, that Skopje is in the heart of the ancient Macedonian kingdom and having a statue of Alexander is “rather like putting up a statue of a famous son in his home town”.
- Paul Cartledge, the professor of Greek culture at the University of Cambridge, is sceptical. “The so-called Republic of "Macedonia" is located in what was ancient Paeonia, and the ancient Paeonians were non-Greeks whom the (Greek) Macedonians conquered and incorporated in their European empire,” he says.
- The Greek Embassy in London declined to comment.
Source: theartnewspaper.com *(After the necessary corrections with the name "FYROM".
GREECE recognised this country with the name "FYROM")
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