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CARYATIDES (Latinized from the
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Greek; the plural of Caryatis, i.e. a woman of Caryae in
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Laconia)  , in
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architecture, the
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term given to the draped
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female figures used for piers or supports, as found in the porticos of the
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Erechtheum and of the
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Treasury of
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Cnidus at
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Delphi (see
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GREEK
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ART, fig . 17) .

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