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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
CARYATES, CARYATIDESnoun
An order of columns or pilasters under the figures of women, dressed in long robes, serving to support entablatures. Ephraim Chambers
Etymology: from Carya, a city taken by the Greeks, who led away the women captives; and, to perpetuate their slavery, represented them in buildings as charged with burdens.
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caryatides
A caryatid ( or KAIR-ee-AT-id or KARR-ee-AT-id; Ancient Greek: Καρυᾶτις, pl. Καρυάτιδες) 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.
Webster Dictionary
Caryatides
caryatids
Etymology: [L., fr. Gr. () priestesses in the temple of Diana (the Greek Artemis) at Cary (Gr. ), a village in Laconia; as an architectural term, caryatids.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Caryatides
draped female figures surmounting columns and supporting entablatures; the corresponding male figures are called Atlantes.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Caryatides in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Caryatides in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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