Caryatid

Local nameΚαρυάτιδα
LocationAthens, Greece

A caryatid 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 Greek term karyatides literally means "maidens of Karyai", an ancient town on the Peloponnese. Karyai had a temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis in her aspect of Artemis Karyatis: "As Karyatis she rejoiced in the dances of the nut-tree village of Karyai, those Karyatides, who in their ecstatic round-dance carried on their heads baskets of live reeds, as if they were dancing plants".An atlas or telamon is a male version of a caryatid, i.e. a sculpted male statue serving as an architectural support.

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Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryatid

Address (Unnamed Road), Αθήνα 10556, Greece

Coordinates 37°58'19.222" N 23°43'34.944" E

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