Difference between revisions of "Elgin Marbles"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_115426" /> == | |||
<p> [[Greek]] sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72628" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72628" /> == | ||
<p> A collection of ancient sculptured marbles brought from [[Athens]] by the [[Earl]] of [[Elgin]] in 1812, and now deposited in the | <p> A collection of ancient sculptured marbles brought from [[Athens]] by the [[Earl]] of [[Elgin]] in 1812, and now deposited in the British Museum, after purchase of them by the [[Government]] for £35,000; these sculptures adorned certain public buildings in the Acropolis, and consist of portions of statues, of which that of [[Theseus]] is the chief, of alto-reliefs representing the struggle of the Centaurs and Lapithæ, and of a large section of a frieze. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_115426"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/elgin+marbles Elgin Marbles from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_72628"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/elgin+marbles Elgin Marbles from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_72628"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/elgin+marbles Elgin Marbles from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Revision as of 09:56, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A collection of ancient sculptured marbles brought from Athens by the Earl of Elgin in 1812, and now deposited in the British Museum, after purchase of them by the Government for £35,000; these sculptures adorned certain public buildings in the Acropolis, and consist of portions of statues, of which that of Theseus is the chief, of alto-reliefs representing the struggle of the Centaurs and Lapithæ, and of a large section of a frieze.
