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|Beta Code=*karua=tis | |Beta Code=*karua=tis | ||
|Definition=-ιδος, ἡ, [[μέλισσα]] (prob. priestess of Artemis) St.Byz.; as | |Definition=-ιδος, ἡ, [[μέλισσα]] (prob. priestess of Artemis) St.Byz.; as [[substantive]] esp. [[Artemis]], Paus. 3.10.7.<br><b class="num">1. </b>[[dance]] in [[honour]] of [[Artemis]], Poll. 4.104; cf. [[καρυατίζω]]¹.<br><b class="num">2. </b>[[Καρυάτιδες]], ων, αἱ, [[Caryatids]], [[Karyatids]], [[priestesses]] of [[Artemis]] at [[Caryae]], Pratin. ''Lyr.'' 4.<br><b class="num">3. </b>Archit., [[Caryatid]], [[caryatid]], [[Karyatid]], [[karyatid]]: [[female]] [[figure]]s used as [[bear]]ing-[[shaft]]s, Lync. ap. Ath. 6.241e, Vitr. 1.1.5.<br><b class="num">4. </b>a kind of [[earrings]], Poll. 5.97. | ||
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[[File:Athènes Acropole Caryatides.JPG|thumb|The Caryatid porch of the Erechtheion in Athens, Greece]] | [[File:Athènes Acropole Caryatides.JPG|thumb|The Caryatid porch of the Erechtheion in Athens, Greece]] |