Why Caryatids were counting the moons? Which great secret was hidden deep in their heart? What was it that made them lose their silence and entrust their secret to the guardian of Acropolis? And what did he decide to do from the moment they shared such secret with him?

Inside the pages of this book, somewhere between dream and reality, past and present, a fascinating, tender, true story is unfolding, full of love for life, the people and the civilization of this country.

We, contemporary Greeks, believe that we will have the chance, due to Melina Mercouri’s unwearied campaign and her philhellene deserving companion Jules Dassin, and the British friends of Greece, all of which established the British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles, to see them in the new Museum – those which constitute the symbol of civilization and culture of the whole world.