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Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin.
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- Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin.
- n. a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and fragments of architecture created by Phidias; chiefly from the Parthenon in Athens
- Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin.
- Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained atAthens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin.