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Re: the Winged Victory--it seems suspicious to me as well, but I've found several sources claiming it was presented to the Louvre by the Greek government, though how reliable they are, I'm not sure. The frieze story can be found at [http://www.crystalinks.com/greekart.html], and [http://www.artfaces.com/artkids/greekart.htm] claims something similar. Other sources claim it was discovered personally by the French consul in Samothrace (who was also an archaeologist), but are silent about the legalities of who allowed him to take it back to France with him. If you can find some more definitive information that'd be great; otherwise, I'll try looking at a library in a week or two when I get some time. --[[User:Delirium|Delirium]] 04:02, Oct 18, 2003 (UTC)
After some more searching, it appears that perhaps a plausible story is that it was the Winged Victory's hand that was exchanged by the Greek government for a temple frieze (the rationale being that the hand was valuable to the Louvre, since they had the rest of the statue, but relatively useless by itself, so might as well trade it for something that can be displayed more productively on its own). This was probably corrupted into the other story. The 1863 discovery appears to have been done entirely by the French consul who took it back himself, perhaps without really consulting with any authorities (I'm not sure what the Ottomans did about this sort of stuff). --[[User:Delirium|Delirium]] 08:34, Oct 18, 2003 (UTC)
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