Picture Of The Day - Greek Parthenon Lit By Lightning
Jun 1, 2011 at 11:37 PM
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Rumor has it the Greeks still want German reparations for the Nazi occupation of Athens and the destruction of the Acropolis and Parthenon during WW II.

The Parthenon, completed in 432BC, was originally dedicated to the goddess Athena. Its main function was to shelter a statue of the goddess made out of gold and ivory.

In 1656, a lightning strike to a powder keg destroyed structures on the Acropolis - but fortunately spared the Parthenon.

Nazis raise their flag over the Greek monuments they destroyed.  Soon Germany will return to take from the Greeks what they only briefly occupied in the 1940s.

Perhaps the Greeks have heard that the ECB is on its way to Athens to take over tax collection in Greece and collect the deed for the Acropolis and Parthenon.

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