{short description of image} Porch of Maidens
This piece of artwork uses six female figures (caryatids) instead of columns to support the architrave. It is the south porch of the Erchtheum. This example is often compared to a simular building called the Treasury of the Siphnians which also utilizes caryatids for support.

Porch of Maidens

Who- Siphnian Artist
What- Stone People
When- 530 B.C.
Where-Delphi
Why- One of the earliest ionic buildings
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