Today much controversy surrounds the ownership elgin marbles both the british and greeks argue that each have legal and moral claim over the parliament s marble adornments.
The elgin marbles debate.
Greece rules out suing british museum over elgin marbles a team of lawyers in london had recommended taking legal action for the long disputed collection of artifacts but athens has opted for.
There is a longstanding debate over whether the elgin marbles should be returned to greece.
A public debate in parliament followed elgin s publication and parliament again exonerated elgin s actions eventually deciding to purchase the marbles for the british nation in 1816 by a vote of 82 30.
A 75 m long part of the original 160 m parthenon frieze.
Even before all the sculptures soon known as the elgin marbles went on display in london lord byron attacked elgin in stinging verses lamenting in childe harold s pilgrimage how the.
The objects were removed from the parthenon at athens and from other ancient buildings and shipped to england by arrangement of thomas.
Elgin marbles collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details in the british museum london where they are now called the parthenon sculptures.
The real story of the elgin marbles.
The british defend their ownership of the marbles based on greece s lack of an adequate museum and the fact that they paid for the pieces mcguigan 2.
Live broadcast of the intellegence squared parthenon marbles debate at the new acropolis museum.
Making a grand gresture by returning the elgin marbles.
Greece maintains that their demand is for permanent return of the parthenon marbles.
15 of the 92 original metopes from the parthenon representing the fight between the centaurs and the lapiths.
The elgin marbles controversy does not of course begin and end with elgin and the wording of his permits.
Among the supporters of elgin was the painter benjamin robert haydon.
A broader question which is an increasingly important one transcends the legal.