Caryatides (?), n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. &unr_; (&unr_;) priestesses in the temple of Diana (the Greek Artemis) at Caryæ (Gr. &unr_;), a village in Laconia; as an architectural term, caryatids.] (Arch) Caryatids.
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&hand_; Corresponding male figures were called Atlantes, Telamones, and Persians.
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