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ELGIN MARBLES
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I. (noun)
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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)