Elgin marbles

[ el-gin, -jin ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

plural noun

a group of Greek sculptures of the 5th century b.c., originally on the Parthenon in Athens, and supposedly sculptured under the direction of Phidias: presently in the British Museum in London.

Elgin marbles

a group of 5th-century bc Greek sculptures originally decorating the Parthenon in Athens, brought to England by Thomas Bruce, seventh Earl of Elgin (1766–1841), and now at the British Museum

After Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766–1841), who arranged for their removal from Athens

Geoffrey Robertson and Amal Clooney helped Greece fight for the return of the Elgin Marbles.

Goethe gave him a commission to execute copies of some of the figures in the Elgin marbles.

The same custom prevailed among the Athenians, as is evident from some of the equestrian figures in the Elgin Marbles.

It is of oval form, and its external frieze and cornice are modelled after the Elgin Marbles.

He was nervously sensible of constituting, together with his quadruped, something very unlike one of the Elgin Marbles.

I saw the old woman and the donkey dignified, decorative, and flat, as they might have marched across the Elgin Marbles.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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