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ELGIN MARBLES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Elgin Marbles mean?
• ELGIN MARBLES (noun)
The noun ELGIN MARBLES has 1 sense:
1. a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and fragments of architecture created by Phidias; chiefly from the Parthenon in Athens
Familiarity information: ELGIN MARBLES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and fragments of architecture created by Phidias; chiefly from the Parthenon in Athens
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Elgin Marbles" is a kind of...):
statuary (statues collectively)
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