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He may have recalled his experience with the Elgin Marbles [10] and their influence on his sonnet "On Seeing the Elgin Marbles". [11] Keats was also exposed to the Townley, Borghese, and Holland House vases and to the classical treatment of subjects in Robert Burton's The Anatomy of Melancholy. Many contemporary essays and articles on these ...
John Keats visited the British Museum in 1817, recording his feelings in the sonnet titled "On Seeing the Elgin Marbles". Some lines of his "Ode on a Grecian Urn" are also thought to have been inspired by his visit to the Elgin Marbles. [73] [75] William Wordsworth also viewed the marbles and commented favourably on their aesthetics in a letter ...
The story centres on John Keats' first visit to see the Elgin Marbles, as the guest of Haydon, where they unexpectedly encounter the Greek gods Athena, Hephaestus, and Apollo. The play is set at a time when Keats was still an unknown, under the mentorship of Haydon. The premiere performance was 6 November 2008.
Visitors view the Parthenon Marbles, also known as the Elgin Marbles, at the British Museum in London on Jan. 9, 2023. The ancient sculptures were taken from the Parthenon temple at the Acropolis ...
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Keir Starmer is thought to be more open to the idea of returning the Elgin Marbles than predecessor Rishi Sunak British Museum and Greek PM ‘held talks over return of Elgin Marbles’ Skip to ...
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