Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Caryatides

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CARYAT'IDES (Καρυάτιδες). Female figures employed instead of columns by the ancient architects to support an entablature, as seen in the annexed engraving (Caryatides/1.1), which represents the portico attached to the temple of Pandrosos at Athens. Vitruv. i. 1. 5.

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  Caryatides/1.1