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The Parthenon Temple at the Acropolis of Athens, Greece Royalty Free Stock Photo

View to the Parthenon Temple of the Acropolis and the old town, Plaka of Athens, Greece Royalty Free Stock Photo

View to the Parthenon Temple at the Acropolis of Athens, Greece Royalty Free Stock Photo

Parthenon temple on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece Royalty Free Stock Photo

Athens Acropolis Parthenon Royalty Free Stock Photo

Athens aerial original viewpoint from Parthenon Acropolis hill, Greece Royalty Free Stock Photo

Aerial view of Athens city, from Parthenon Acropolis, Greece Royalty Free Stock Photo

Ancient columns of Parthenon Acropolis Greece Royalty Free Stock Photo

The Parthenon, Acropolis, Greece Royalty Free Stock Photo

Close up of The Parthenon, The Acropolis, Greece Royalty Free Stock Photo

A caryatid (/kÃÂ¦riÃËÃÂ¦tÃÂªd/; Greek: ÃÅ¡ÃÂ±ÃÂÃâ¦ÃÂ¬ÃâÃÂ¹Ãâ, 'plural:' ÃÅ¡ÃÂ±ÃÂÃâ¦ÃÂ¬ÃâÃÂ¹ÃÂ´ÃÂµÃâ) 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 of Peloponnese. Karyai had a famous 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 (Kerenyi 1980 p 149).