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Elgin Marbles
see synonyms of elgin marblesNoun
1. elgin marbles
a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and fragments of architecture created by Phidias; chiefly from the Parthenon in Athens
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Elgin Marbles
see synonyms of elgin marblesplural noun
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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Elgin Marbles
see synonyms of elgin marbles a collection of ancient Athenian marble sculptures taken chiefly from the Parthenon, in the British Museum since 1816
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