Brewer's: Phigalian Marbles

A series of twenty-three sculptures in alto-relievo, discovered in 1812 at Phigalia, in Arcadia, and in 1814 purchased for the British Museum. They represent the combat of the Centaurs and Lapithæ, and that of the Greeks and Amazons. They are part of the “Elgin Marbles” (q.v.).

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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