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From the height of these two caryatides there fell upon him suddenly one of those currents of air of which he was so afraid.

From Tartarin On The Alps by Wormeley, Katharine Prescott

He paused in the sea of green moonlight before the gold threshold of the Palais du Danse, whose caryatides were faun-eyed Mænads and Ægipans.

From Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole by Hurst, Fannie

The sphinxes that crouched in the avenues, the caryatides at the palace doors, the gods on their pedestals, had an expression enigmatic but identical.

From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Saltus, Edgar

It has moreover the rare and distinctive feature of what is known as a caryatid porch, that is to say, one in which the entablature is upheld by caryatides or statues representing female figures.

From Architecture by Bell, Nancy R E Meugens

Sometimes these images were placed on the walls and used as caryatides.

From Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire by Weir, James