CARIÁTIDE
Replica of the Hellenistic sculpture of one of the total six Caryatides at the south porch of the Erechtheion on the acropolis of Athens
Material: THASSOS marble
Height: 2.50m
Elaboration time: 30 days by robotic sculpturing machine, finished by hand
Found in: Athens, Greece
Historic background – Data of the original statue
Location: The original five Caryatides are exposed since 1979 at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece. The sixths is exposed in the British Museum of London since1801
Elaborated: Between 421 and 415 BC
Material: Parian Marble
The Greek term karyatides literally means "maidens of Karyai", an ancient town of Peloponnese. Caryatid is the name given to an architectural column which takes the form of a standing female figure. The most celebrated examples are found in the south porch of the Erechtheion on the acropolis of Athens, which consists of six figures. It is claimed that they constituted the visible portion of the grave of Kekrops, the mythical king of Athens. The figures were separately carved in Parian marble and affixed on slabs of grey Eleusinian limestone.