South Metope IV of the Parthenon is one of many sculptures from the Parthenon in Greece that have been scattered across the ...

But in the 21st century, the Elgin Marbles, as they've long been known, are famous less as art ... Centaurs - half horse, half human - are attacking the Lapiths, who are a legendary Greek people.

This sculpture from the Parthenon shows a Centaur rearing triumphantly over a dying human Lapith. This focus on human suffering epitomises the intense humanism of Greek art. The sculpture also ...