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The most famous Karyatids are the ones which were placed in the southern portico of the Erekhtheum (Erechtheum) on the Akropolis (Acropolis) in Athens; the Karyatids are representative of Artemis as the Maiden of Karyae (Caryae), i.e. a city in Lakonia (Laconia).
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