Definition of Elgin marbles

1. Noun. A collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and fragments of architecture created by Phidias; chiefly from the Parthenon in Athens.

Generic synonyms: Statuary

Lexicographical Neighbors of Elgin Marbles

Elephas
Elephas maximus
Elettaria
Elettaria cardamomum
Eleusine
Eleusine coracana
Eleusine indica
Eleusinian
Eleutherodactylus
Elfdalian
Elfenland
Elfland
Elfreda
Elgan
Elgar
Elgin Marbles
Elginism
Eli
Eli Whitney
Elia
Elias
Elias Canetti
Elias Howe
Elie Metchnikoff
Elie Metchnikov
Elie Wiesel
Eliel
Eliel Saarinen
Eliezer
Eliezer Wiesel

Literary usage of Elgin marbles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elgin and Phigaleian Marbles by British Museum (1833)
"Lawrence, in his work on the elgin marbles, speaks of it as a statue from one of the pediments of the Parthenon. All that is certainly known of it is, ..."

2. Realities and Ideals: Social, Political, Literary and Artistic by Fredric Harrison (1908)
"... XIX THE elgin marbles (From the "Nineteenth Century," 1890) IT is surely high time for us to think how and when the elgin marbles are to be restored to ..."

3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1886)
"The collection thus formed by operations at Athens, and by explorations in other parts of Greece, and now known by the name of the 'elgin marbles,' consists ..."

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