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Elgin Marbles
(redirected from Parthenon marbles)

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Elgin marbles
pl n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Antiques) 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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Noun1.Elgin Marbles - a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and fragments of architecture created by PhidiasElgin Marbles - a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and fragments of architecture created by Phidias; chiefly from the Parthenon in Athens
statuary - statues collectively
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Elgin Marbles [ˈelgɪnˈmɑːbls] NPL the Elgin Marbles → los mármoles del Partenón
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About half of the Parthenon Marbles -- fifth-century Greek sculptures, inscriptions and architectural columns from the Parthenon and other buildings on the symbolic Acropolis hill -- are intact in the museum.
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British Museum officials will attend the inauguration of Greece's New Acropolis Museum next week, it said Friday but insisted its stance on the long-disputed Parthenon Marbles remains unchanged.
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Christopher Price, deputy chairman of the British Committee for the Reunification of the Parthenon Marbles, said: "It will give us publicity, even if it won't shift the law.
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