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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and fragments of architecture created by Phidias; chiefly from the Parthenon in Athens; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Elgin marbles \El"gin mar"bles\
   Greek sculptures in the British Museum. They were obtained at
   Athens, about 1811, by Lord Elgin.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Elgin Marbles
    n 1: a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and
         fragments of architecture created by Phidias; chiefly from
         the Parthenon in Athens