How To Use Elgin marbles In A Sentence
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Greece's attempts to get the British government to return the Elgin Marbles have met another roadblock, this time from within.
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From their arrival in England the ‘Elgin Marbles’ had a revolutionary impact on European taste, and the Parthenon sculptures are still considered to mark the apogee of Greek art.
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I'd do the Elgin Marbles with a sledgehammer and wipe my ass with the Mona Lira.
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Liapis said Monday it is time for all Greek political leaders to increase pressure on Britain to hand over the ancient sculptures, also known as the Elgin Marbles.
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Echoing the pleas of the Greeks for the repatriation of the Elgin marbles, Egypt has appealed to the British Museum for the return of the Rosetta Stone.
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The rocking-horse's nose couldn't turn up, it was the purest Grecian, modelled from the Elgin marbles.
The Brownies and Other Tales
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His reputation as an arbiter of taste suffered after an ill-considered attack on the quality of the Elgin Marbles in 1816.
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A museum has opened in Athens with a special gallery for the Elgin Marbles, Greek sculptures which have been in the British Museum in London for nearly 200 years and are still there.
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The British Museum yesterday received its first official proposal from Greece in its campaign for the return of the controversial Elgin Marbles.
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But the British Museum caused a sensation in the early 1800s when it dared display the Elgin Marbles.
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As we saw in his testimony at the Elgin Marbles hearings, even though he knew the Apollo was a copy, he still preferred it to the Theseus, for ‘it partook of more ideal beauty.’