The University of Thessaloniki, which did not inform the Ministry of Culture of the content of the film, runs the risk of being caught in the investigation. When asked about the level of surveillance of these places, he said that they were suffering from staffing problems because the Ministry of Finance “almost never approves the hiring of guards”.
The union representing those guarding the country’s museums and archeological sites expressed “outrage and shame” at what it called a “vile film”. “Nothing can be done in the name of activism.” “As a Greek, I’m ashamed,” the president of the Association of Greek Actors, Spyros Bibilas, told ANT1.
It was his appearance online last Friday that provoked the reaction. 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 any shouts. They described the erotic scene between the two men on the spot as a “political act.”īut a statement from the Ministry of Culture said on Friday: “The Archaeological Site of the Acropolis does not lend itself to activism or any other action that offends or shows disrespect for the monument.” The anonymous producers of the short film “Departhenon” said that the Parthenon symbolizes “nationalism, the cult of antiquity” and “patriarchy.” They wanted to “find the perpetrators of this illegal shooting as soon as possible,” the spokesman said. Greek officials promised on Tuesday that they would follow the people behind the filming of a gay sex scene on the Acropolis of Athens, the country’s largest archeological site, after the images appeared online.Ī spokesman for the ministry of culture told AFP that they had launched an investigation into the video, which shows a sexual encounter between two masked men at the UNESCO-listed site. The Acropolis of Athens is the most visited landmark in Greece.