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Replicas of the Caryatids on the southern side of the Erectheum.
Etymology
From Ancient GreekΚαρυᾶτις(Karuâtis, “a priestess of Artemis, female figures used as bearing-shafts”), from Καρυατίζω(Karuatízō, “dance the Karyatid festival dance”) from Καρύαι(Karúai, “a town in Laconia with a temple of Artemis and a festival”).
(architecture,art) a caryatid(a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head)
1999, Elsbeth Wessel, Wien, page 242:
Musikvereins gyldne sal med sine karyatider [er] det hellige sted i byens musikkliv
Musikverein's golden hall with its caryatids the sacred place in the city's musical life
1916, tonsberg.kommune.no:
billedhuggeren Wilhelm Rasmussen … lot utsmykke [museumsfasaden] med 12 karyatider i larvikitt
the sculptor Wilhelm Rasmussen… had the decorated with 12 caryatids in larvikite
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