Difference between revisions of "Caryatides"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_98227" /> == | |||
<p> (n. pl.) Caryatids. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_30810" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_30810" /> == | ||
<p> a name given to statues of women, applied instead of columns, in [[Grecian]] architecture as at the Erechtheum at Athens. </p> | <p> a name given to statues of women, applied instead of columns, in [[Grecian]] architecture as at the Erechtheum at Athens. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_98227"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/caryatides Caryatides from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_30810"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/caryatides Caryatides from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_30810"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/caryatides Caryatides from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 21:14, 11 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n. pl.) Caryatids.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
a name given to statues of women, applied instead of columns, in Grecian architecture as at the Erechtheum at Athens.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [3]
Draped female figures surmounting columns and supporting entablatures; the corresponding male figures are called Atlantes.
