2006-08-04 01:50:46 · 6 answers · asked by Sonja S 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
You are referring to the 6 women -columns of the Erechteion temple ,close to the Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis hill.They are named Caryatids.Their dad was Kekrops,a mythical king..but we name them Caryatids because of the village of Carye,where the most beautiful women came from ,in antiquity.
2006-08-07 17:12:18 · answer #1 · answered by gina 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are called Caryatides for one girl the name is Caryatida or Cariatis in ancient greek.
It means the girls from the island of Icaria
Also Godess Athena statue is there.
2006-08-05 07:50:35 · answer #2 · answered by Ashish B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are called Caryatides (that's in plural) for one girl the name is Caryatida or Cariatis in ancient greek.
It means the girls from the island of Icaria
(I'm not sure about the island it's Icaria or Caros)
2006-08-04 22:15:18 · answer #3 · answered by Spartan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're called Cariatides (don't know if i spelled it right). But they're not the original ones just copies, the english took the originals and put them in some museum in London.
2006-08-04 09:00:06 · answer #4 · answered by impossibilityoftruth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are caryatids
2006-08-04 09:02:22 · answer #5 · answered by dougeebear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cariatides!
2006-08-04 09:22:53 · answer #6 · answered by anna 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋