Erectheum
Title
Erectheum
Date
420 BCE
Identifier
1793
Alternative Title or Name
Porch of the maidens
Creator
Mnesikles
Creator Nationality
Greek
Work Type
built works
Work Location
Greece (nation)
Athens (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Classical
Subject
temples (buildings)
caryatids
Ionic order
Description
Detail view of the Porch of the Maidens, a small porch on the south side of the Erechtheum at the Acropolis. Caryatids are female figures serving as supports. The most likely derivation of their name is from the young women of Sparta who danced every year in honour of Artemis Karyatis ('Artemis of the Walnut Tree') ... She wears a peplos, a simple tunic pinned on each shoulder. Her hair is braided and falls in a thick rope down her back,"--The British Museum.
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
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ID Number
A1GRATH2-5421BE5B2
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