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The caryatid taken by Elgin from the Erechtheion, standing in contrapposto, displayed at the British Museum A caryatid ( / ˌ k ɛər i ˈ æ t ɪ d , ˌ k ær -/ KAIR -ee- AT -id, KARR - ; [ 1 ] Ancient Greek : Καρυᾶτις , romanized : Karuâtis ; pl. Καρυάτιδες , Karuátides ) [ 2 ] is a sculpted female figure serving as an ...
The Erechtheion [2] (/ ɪ ˈ r ɛ k θ i ə n /, latinized as Erechtheum / ɪ ˈ r ɛ k θ i ə m, ˌ ɛ r ɪ k ˈ θ iː ə m /; Ancient Greek: Ἐρέχθειον, Greek: Ερέχθειο) or Temple of Athena Polias [3] is an ancient Greek Ionic temple on the north side of the Acropolis, Athens, which was primarily dedicated to the goddess ...
The caryatid is the female precursor of this architectural form in Greece, a woman standing in the place of each column or pillar. Caryatids are found at the treasuries at Delphi and the Erechtheion on the Acropolis at Athens for Athene.
The Caryatid Porch of the Erechtheion, Athens, 421–407 BC Caryatid A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head. Casement window A window hung vertically, hinged one side, so that it swings inward or outward. Cauliculus, or caulicole
Room 19 has Greek material from the later 5th century BC, including sculptures from buildings on the Athenian Akropolis. The Caryatid from the Erechtheion, dating from about 421-406BC, was one of six almost identical figures of women that took the place of columns on the south porch of the building.
In ancient Greek religion Artemis Caryatis [1] (Καρυᾶτις) was an epithet of Artemis that was derived from the small polis of Caryae in Laconia; [2] there an archaic open-air temenos was dedicated to Carya, the Lady of the Nut-Tree, whose priestesses were called the caryatidai, represented on the Athenian Acropolis as the marble caryatids supporting the porch of the Erechtheum.
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The Parthenon, on the Acropolis of Athens, Greece The Caryatid porch of the Erechtheion in Athens. Greek temples (Ancient Greek: ναός, romanized: nāós, lit. 'dwelling', semantically distinct from Latin templum, "temple") were structures built to house deity statues within Greek sanctuaries in ancient Greek religion.