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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 architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head.
The second Caryatid B, preserved in a better condition than Saint Demetra, was unearthed in Eleusis some ninety years after the other one was taken, and it is exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Eleusis. Greece is seeking the repatriation of the other Caryatid.
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 caryatides, represented on the Athenian Acropolis as the marble caryatids supporting the porch of the Erechtheum.
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 village name of Karyes has carried from ancient times as there has been an abundance of walnut trees since then. [3] Various objects and fragments which were found during digging, have provided physical evidence for the ancient settlement in Karyes [3] and the caryatid monument is said to be currently positioned in the place of the ancient acropolis of Karyes. [3]
Eleusis Museum. The Archeological Museum of Eleusis is a museum in Eleusis, Attica, Greece.The museum is located inside the archaeological site of Eleusis. Built in 1890, by the plans of the German architect Kaverau, to keep the findings of the excavations, and after two years (1892) was extended under the plans of the Greek architect J. Mousis.
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.
The Siphnian Treasury was a building at the Ancient Greek cult centre of Delphi, erected to host the offerings of the polis, or city-state, of Siphnos. It was one of a number of treasuries lining the "Sacred Way", the processional route through the Sanctuary of Apollo, erected to win the favor of the gods and increase the prestige of the donor ...