Elgin marbles
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.
Origin of Elgin marbles
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How to use Elgin marbles in a sentence
Geoffrey Robertson and Amal Clooney helped Greece fight for the return of the Elgin marbles.
Britain Has Lost Its Marbles: Elgin Loan Will Appease Putin | Geoffrey Robertson | December 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGoethe 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.
A Treatise on Hat-Making and Felting | John ThomsonIt is of oval form, and its external frieze and cornice are modelled after the Elgin marbles.
England, Picturesque and Descriptive | Joel CookHe was nervously sensible of constituting, together with his quadruped, something very unlike one of the Elgin marbles.
Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) | Various
I saw the old woman and the donkey dignified, decorative, and flat, as they might have marched across the Elgin marbles.
Alarms and Discursions | G. K. Chesterton
British Dictionary definitions for 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
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