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Definition of Caryatides

Caryatides
Caryatides Car`y*at"i*des, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ? (?) priestesses in the temple of Diana (the Greek Artemis) at Cary[ae] (Gr. ?), a village in Laconia; as an architectural term, caryatids.] (Arch) Caryatids. Note: Corresponding male figures were called Atlantes, Telamones, and Persians.

Meaning of Caryatides from wikipedia

- version of a caryatid, i.e., a sculpted male statue serving as an architectural support. The term is first recorded in the Latin form caryatides by the Roman...
- In antiquity, two large Caryatids from the Lesser Propylaea adorned the sanctuary of the Gr**** goddess of agriculture Demeter at Eleusis in Greece as...
- The Caryatids is a science fiction novel by American writer Bruce Sterling, published in 2009. It tells the tale of the four Mihajlovic "sisters", clones...
- The Townley Caryatid is a 2.25m high Pentelic marble caryatid, depicting a woman dressed to take part in religious rites (possibly fertility rites related...
- Edificio de Las Cariátides (English: Caryatid Building) is a building in the Spanish capital of Madrid built by Spanish architect, Antonio Palacios. The...
- Great Hall (Grande Salle b****e), now known as Hall of the Caryatids (French: Salle des Caryatides), first completed in 1549, replaced what had been the Great...
- question), Megleno-Romanians, Slavophones, Roma) Women Culture Anastenaria Caryatid Clean Monday Concept of kingship Dress (Chiton, Chlamys, Exomis, Fustanella...
- by the architect Pierre-François Fontaine over the Caryatides Balcony in the Salle des Caryatides of the Lescot Wing, where it remained until 1847, when...
- des Caryatides of the Lescot Wing. One of the more recent ceremonial gatherings in the Louvre was a candlelit dinner given in the Salle des Caryatides on...
- Skriaxit Fish Quipper Gnome Rock Gnome, Forest Gnome Golem Stone variants (caryatid column, juggernaut, and stone guardian) Inspired by Gothic fiction, a typical...