Erechtheum
Americannoun
noun
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The line of carved stone eggs, each one separated by a dart or arrow pointing downwards, was first used by the Greeks on the Erechtheum behind the Acropolis.
From Economist ● May 28, 2015
Even Athens' ruins are in ruin: sulfur dioxide eats away at the marble of the Parthenon, the Erechtheum and other treasures on the Acropolis.
From Time Magazine Archive
Five caryatids of the Erechtheum, which support carvings that acid rains have obliterated, were replaced temporarily with plaster likenesses.
From Time Magazine Archive
In their pleated rust-brown gowns with cowled headdress, the women often resemble the caryatids on the portico of the Acropolis' Erechtheum.
From Time Magazine Archive
Not the least remarkable feature of the Erechtheum is the Caryatid Porch, which is generally regarded as a creation of the artist's fancy and of no further significance.
From Problems in Periclean Buildings by G. W. (George Wicker) Elderkin
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