06-28-2009, 08:21 PM
Quote:my guess is that the workmen hired to take down the statues were not Turks, nor British, but most probably local men of Athens. But that's (more) speculation.As far as I know, the commander of the garrison (the Akropolis was still a fortress) ordered his soldiers to help. Whether these were Athenian boys or levies from Anatolia, I do not know.