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The Caryatid or Maiden column is a beloved figure from the Porch of Maidens of the Erechtheum (Erechtheus, Greek Erechtheion) at the Acropolis built under Perikles' (Pericles) direction during the 5th century. Her classical contrapposto stance is enhanced by her gracefully articulated Greek cloak. She is a beauty! 1st-century-BC Roman architectural writer Vitruvius, related a story of how the Caryatid Column was named. In 480 BC during their second invasion of Greece, the Caryae sided with the Persians, thus dooming the women of the town to hard labour.

Enjoy her here reproduced in compound stone at 26"H x 6.5"W x 6.5"D (23 lbs) with a grey stone finish after the originals which are lifesize.

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