Note 60 — IV THE GIFT OF ATHENS TO MAN[59]
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A reference to the "Elgin marbles," which were taken to London from Athens by Lord Elgin, a Scotchman, in 1801-1803. These works comprize what had survived at the sculptural decorations of the Parthenon, and were executed under Phidias about 440 b.c They are now in the British Museum.