1.   Elena Korka, an archaeologist advising the Greek Culture Ministry, insisted the marbles would be returned.

2.   Returning the marbles to Greece might apply a little symbolic salve to all the peoples trampled by European colonizers.

3.   The Turkish government was able to prove ownership in the British authorities, which agreed that the marbles must be returned home.

4.   Venizelos urged the British government not to make any hasty decisions and emphasized that Greece would take an active role in any efforts to return the marbles.