Regarding questions about the level of control of such locations, he said they have staffing problems because the finance ministry “almost never approves the employment of guards”. The union, which represents those protecting the country’s museums and archeological sites, expressed its “outrage and shame” over what it dubbed “under the film”. ‘In the name of activism, you can’t do anything and everything.’ “As a Greek, I am ashamed,” Spyros Bibilas, president of the Greek Actors Association, told ANT1 television. It was his online appearance last Friday that sparked a response. The 36-minute film was first shown to a small audience on December 16 at the University of Thessaloniki in the north of the country without causing outrage. The erotic scene among the men on the scene was described as a “political act”.īut a statement from the Ministry of Culture on Friday said: “The Archaeological Site of the Acropolis is not suitable for activism or any other act that offends or indicates a lack of respect for the monument.” The film features two men wearing masks to protect their identityĪnonymous producers of a short film titled Departhenon said the Parthenon symbolizes “nationalism, the cult of antiquity” and “patriarchy”. The Parthenon is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.