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The Acropolis of Athens, Greece.
The Acropolis of Athens, Greece The Caryatids. Statues of young women clad in peplos. They supported the roof of the south porch of the Erechtheion (420 B.C.), and probably were the work of Alkamenes, a student of the great sculptor Pheidias. http://kevrekidis.deviantart.com/gallery/ Copyright 2007 Jordan Kevrekidis
The Acropolis of Athens, Greece The Erechtheion was built in 420 B.C. in the Ionic order. It has a prostasis on the east side, a monumental propylon on the north, and the famous porch of the Caryatids on the south. The main temple was divided into two sections, dedicated to the worship of the two principal gods of Attica, Athena and Poseidon - Erechtheus. http://kevrekidis.deviantart.com/gallery/ Copyright 2007 Jordan Kevrekidis