'Elgin Marbles' definitions:

Definition of 'Elgin Marbles'

(from WordNet)
noun
A collection of classical Greek marble sculptures and fragments of architecture created by Phidias; chiefly from the Parthenon in Athens

Definition of 'Elgin marbles'

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