Elgin Marbles
A collection of ancient bas-reliefs and statutes made by Lord
Elgin, and sent to England in 1812. They are chiefly fragments of the
Parthenon at Athens, and were purchased by the British Government for
£35,000, to be placed in the British Museum (1816). (Elgin pronounced
`gin,' as in begin.)
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