Unlike the parthenon marbles the statue did not survive antiquity.
Marbles of the parthenon.
The parthenon is a resplendent marble temple built between 447 and 432 b c.
The parthenon marbles also known as the elgin marbles are one of the must see collections held by london s british museum beautiful and iconic they are given pride of place in the museum and considered one of the collection highlights but their situation there is not without its controversies.
There were originally 115 panels in the frieze.
During the height of the ancient greek empire.
Elgin marbles collection of ancient greek sculptures and architectural details in the british museum london where they are now called the parthenon sculptures.
The parthenon marbles greek.
Not all of the parthenon marbles however survive down to the present day.
γλυπτά του παρθενώνα also known as the elgin marbles ˈ ɛ l ɡ ɪ n are a collection of classical greek marble sculptures made under the supervision of the architect and sculptor phidias and his assistants.
Of these ninety four still exist either intact or broken.
Dedicated to the greek goddess.
The objects were removed from the parthenon at athens and from other ancient buildings and shipped to england by arrangement of thomas bruce 7th lord elgin who was british.