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CARYATIDES (Latinized from the Greek; the plural of Caryatis, i.e. a woman of Caryae in Laconia)

CARYATIDES (Latinized from the See also:
GREEK
GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND
Greek; the plural of Caryatis, i.e. a woman of Caryae in See also:
LACONIA
LACONIA (Gr. AaKWVLK1])
Laconia) , in See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, the See also:

TERM

term given to the draped See also:

FEMALE

female figures used for piers or supports, as found in the porticos of the See also:

ERECHTHEUM

Erechtheum and of the See also:

TREASURY

Treasury of See also:

CNIDUS (mod. Tekir)

Cnidus at See also:

DELPHI (the Pytho of Homer and Herodotus; in Boeotian inscriptions BeA4oi, on coins Aa)tg5oi)

Delphi (see See also:

GREEK See also:

ART, fig . 17) .

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