Acropolis 03 The Caryatids

Posted by Kevrekidis (Evia, Greece) on 22 November 2007 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.

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. Copyright 2007 Jordan Kevrekidis