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The caryatid porch of the Erectheum, Athens (421-406 BC). The figures have suffered badly from pollution and have now been replaced with copies. One of the originals was removed by Lord Elgin in the early 19th century, and is now in the British Museum, London, England.

Building support or pillar in the shape of a female figure, the name deriving from the Karyatides, who were priestesses at the temple of Artemis at Karyai; the male equivalent is a telamon or atlas.
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