Macy's Caryatid Columns - GOR-1005500-cE21

R.M.Macy & Co 1902 building front entrance on Herald Square at 34th Street.

A caryatid is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head a the entrance of R.M.Macy & Co 1902 building on Herald Square at 34th Street.

The Greek term karyatides literally means "maidens of Karyai", an ancient town of Peloponnese. Karyai had a famous temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis in her aspect of Artemis Karyatis: "As Karyatis she rejoiced in the dances of the nut-tree village of Karyai, those Karyatides, who in their ecstatic round-dance carried on their heads baskets of live reeds, as if they were dancing plants".

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R.M.Macy & Co 1902 building front entrance on Herald Square at 34th Street.<br />
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A caryatid is a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head a the entrance of R.M.Macy & Co 1902 building on Herald Square at 34th Street.<br />
<br />
The Greek term karyatides literally means "maidens of Karyai", an ancient town of Peloponnese. Karyai had a famous temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis in her aspect of Artemis Karyatis: "As Karyatis she rejoiced in the dances of the nut-tree village of Karyai, those Karyatides, who in their ecstatic round-dance carried on their heads baskets of live reeds, as if they were dancing plants".