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The Elgin Marbles: Should They Be Returned to Greece?
The Elgin Marbles Should They Be Returned to Greece
Author: Christopher Hitchens, Robert Browning, Graham Binns
The case for the prosecution from Christopher Hitchens. The Elgin Marbles, designed and executed by Phidias to adorn the Parthenon, are some of the most beautiful sculptures of ancient Greece. In 1801 Lord Elgin, then British ambassador to the Turkish government in Athens, had pieces of the frieze sawn off and removed to Britain, where they rema...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781859842201
ISBN-10: 1859842208
Publication Date: 4/1998
Pages: 138
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Publisher: Verso
Book Type: Paperback
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