Vintage Caryatid Parthenon Athens Greece plaster cast mini wall plaque

Description

ANCIENT GREEK CARYATIDS PORCH OF MAIDENS ERECHTHEION SOUVENIR.
Made from plaster casting
Dimension : 3"  x 3 "  x 3/4 "
Weight : 135 g
A caryatid (/ˌkæriˈætɪd/ KARR-ee-AT-id; Ancient Greek: Καρυάτις, pl. Καρυάτιδες) 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 of 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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