Once, they crowned the Parthenon. A procession of gods, humans, and horses, carved in Pentelic marble, celebrating the glory of Athens, and the values of a young democracy rising against time. Today, those same sculptures are scattered. Some remain in Athens, in the Acropolis Museum, bathed in Greek light and facing the ruins of the building they once adorned. More than half, sit in the British Museum, labeled as the Elgin Marbles, a name that carries both fame and fracture.
