Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1898 — The Caryatide. [ARTICLE]

The Caryatide.

It was so called by the Greeks. It Is a figure brought Into use by Praxiteles, the sculptor, to gratify the revengeful hate of the Greeks against Carya, a city In Arcadia. After the famous battle of Thermopylae this city sided with the Persians against the Greeks. The Greeks were victorious, and In their fury against Carya they burned the city, then the men made the women slaves. To perpetuate the disgrace a uew figure was brought Into architecture. Instead of a pillar, a female statue upheld entablatures.