- rural: they
mostly lived in villages, of
which the
biggest were Oion and
Caryai.
Their territory was inhospitable, but was of
strategic importance for Sparta...
- nymphs, and
young girls were
dancing the
dance Caryatis. The
dancers of
Caryai were
famous in antiquity. In a legend, Carya, the
female lover of Dionysos...
- ash-tree
nymphs called meliai. The
festival is
attested by Hesychius, s.v. "
Caryai". Stewart, Michael. "People,
Places Things: Caryatis" Gr**** Mythology: From...
- has been
spelled a
number of ways such as Karyes, Karyai, Karya, Caryes,
Caryai and Caryae. It
should not be
confused with some
other villages in Greece...
