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Around 1800, Lord Elgin removed some of the sculptures from the ruins of the Parthenon in Athens, and a few years later put them on public show in London.
1800年左右，駐奧斯曼帝國的英國大使埃爾金伯爵從雅典帕臺農(nóng)神廟遺址帶走了一些石雕，幾年后在倫敦進行了公開展覽。
For most western Europeans it was the first time they had ever been able to look closely at Greek sculpture, and they were overwhelmed and inspired by the breathing vitality and the beauty of these works.
對大多數(shù)西歐人來說，這是他們第一次近距離接觸希臘雕刻，不由被它們的魅力深深折服。
But in the 21st century, the Elgin Marbles, as they've long been known, are famous less as art objects than as objects of political controversy.
到了二十一世紀，這些被稱為埃爾金大理石雕的藝術(shù)品，其藝術(shù)特色被淡化，更多地成為政治爭端的焦點。
For most people today, the Parthenon sculptures in the British Museum provoke only one question:
對今天的大部分人來說， 提到大英博物館的帕臺農(nóng)雕像，只會想到一個問題：
should they be in London or in Athens? The Greek government insists they should be in Athens; the British Museum's Trustees believe that in London they're an integral part of the story of world cultures.
它們該保存在倫敦還是雅典？希臘政府堅持認為它們應歸還雅典，但大英博物館的理事們則認為應留在倫敦，因其屬于世界文化不可分割的一部分。
