ΔΙΑΣΤΑΣΕΙΣ 34cm×24cm×11cm
ΒΑΡΟΣ 2,16kg
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.