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THE ERECHTHEION.
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contained the tomb of Cecrops. The Fandroseion, which
contained the sacred olive-tree of Athene, and a small
shrine of Pandrosos, was annexed to the outside of the
west end of the building.
The Elgin Collection contains several specimens of the
architectural decorations of the Erechtheion. In the above
plan (fig. 18), those parts of the building are indicated by
letters from which fragments have been obtained. In
some instances the exact position is uncertain.
For a discussion of the Erechtheion, see Harrison, Mythology and
Monuments of Anc. Athens, p. 481.
So-called Caryatid, or Canephoros, Kco^o'pos (fig. 19).
One of the six female figures which served as columns in
the southern portico of the Erechtheion. In the survey of
the building these figures are called Korae, " maidens."
They have been called Canephori (see p. 149) by Visconti
(Memoirs on the Sculptures of the Earl of Elgin, p. 122), and
others. It is true that the maidens here represented are
such as those represented on the Parthenon frieze. But
there is nothing that specially connects them with the
Canephori, or persons who bore the sacred vessels on their
heads. By some writers they have been called Caryatids,
on account of a statement of Yitruvius (i., chap. 1) that
women of Gary a, a town of Arcadia, were represented as
architectural supports—a punishment which they incurred
for betraying the Greeks to the Persians.
The figure here described wears a long chiton, which
is drawn up under the girdle, falling in rich folds, and
is fastened on each shoulder by a circular brooch. At-
tached to this is the diploidion, which falls down before
and behind. In front it falls to the waist; behind it
would trail on the ground, if a part were not looped up to
the shoulders, so as to make a deep fold, falling as low as
the hips. The hair from the back of the head falls in a
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contained the tomb of Cecrops. The Fandroseion, which
contained the sacred olive-tree of Athene, and a small
shrine of Pandrosos, was annexed to the outside of the
west end of the building.
The Elgin Collection contains several specimens of the
architectural decorations of the Erechtheion. In the above
plan (fig. 18), those parts of the building are indicated by
letters from which fragments have been obtained. In
some instances the exact position is uncertain.
For a discussion of the Erechtheion, see Harrison, Mythology and
Monuments of Anc. Athens, p. 481.
So-called Caryatid, or Canephoros, Kco^o'pos (fig. 19).
One of the six female figures which served as columns in
the southern portico of the Erechtheion. In the survey of
the building these figures are called Korae, " maidens."
They have been called Canephori (see p. 149) by Visconti
(Memoirs on the Sculptures of the Earl of Elgin, p. 122), and
others. It is true that the maidens here represented are
such as those represented on the Parthenon frieze. But
there is nothing that specially connects them with the
Canephori, or persons who bore the sacred vessels on their
heads. By some writers they have been called Caryatids,
on account of a statement of Yitruvius (i., chap. 1) that
women of Gary a, a town of Arcadia, were represented as
architectural supports—a punishment which they incurred
for betraying the Greeks to the Persians.
The figure here described wears a long chiton, which
is drawn up under the girdle, falling in rich folds, and
is fastened on each shoulder by a circular brooch. At-
tached to this is the diploidion, which falls down before
and behind. In front it falls to the waist; behind it
would trail on the ground, if a part were not looped up to
the shoulders, so as to make a deep fold, falling as low as
the hips. The hair from the back of the head falls in a