Hurwit: Athena was known in many guises ... between the architectural form and the human form. Q: The sculptures within the Parthenon also seem to clearly pay tribute to the human form.

Dedicated to Athena Parthenos ... Elgin had received the necessary permit to look for and examine sculptures in and around the Parthenon, it is unclear whether he had permission from the Ottomans ...

The sculptures were of course made at a very particular time and with a very particular purpose. The Parthenon was a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena Parthenos, meaning Athena the Virgin.

The proposal to create high-quality replicas could serve as a compromise, allowing the British Museum to retain a display ...

Claims to the Parthenon Sculptures began when they were taken ... One is a fragment of the head of a horse that was pulling Athena's chariot in the frieze. Another depicts a young boy's head ...

Detail from the western frieze of the Parthenon ... (female sculptures) from the nearby portico of the Erechtheion, and four fragments from the frieze of the temple to Athena Nike.

The sculptures were of course made at a very particular time and with a very particular purpose. The Parthenon was a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena Parthenos, meaning Athena the Virgin.

After conservative UK leaders refused to send Parthenon fragments home to Greece, a new government has ushered 'constructive' ...