英语词汇caryatid的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

caryatid; atlas. Caryatids are draped or partially clad female figures used in place of columns or pillars as supports, especial- ly in classical architecture. They take their name from the maidens of Caryae (Latin for Karyai, a town in Laconia, Greece). The Karyatids, or maidens of Karyai, danced in tem- ples at the festival of Artemis and occasionally assumed the poses represented in the statues. Some accounts say that their figures were first used by the Greeks as a reminder of Karyai’s disgrace, for the Karyatids had supported the Persians at the battle of Thermopylae (480 b.c.). An atlas, the male counter- part of a caryatid, takes its name from the Titan who supported the Earth on his shoulders.

词汇	caryatid
词源	caryatid; atlas. Caryatids are draped or partially clad female figures used in place of columns or pillars as supports, especial- ly in classical architecture. They take their name from the maidens of Caryae (Latin for Karyai, a town in Laconia, Greece). The Karyatids, or maidens of Karyai, danced in tem- ples at the festival of Artemis and occasionally assumed the poses represented in the statues. Some accounts say that their figures were first used by the Greeks as a reminder of Karyai’s disgrace, for the Karyatids had supported the Persians at the battle of Thermopylae (480 b.c.). An atlas, the male counter- part of a caryatid, takes its name from the Titan who supported the Earth on his shoulders.
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