Κᾰρύαι [ῠ],
ῶν,
αἱ,
Caryae, a place in Laconia with a famous temple of Artemis,
Th. 5.55 , etc.:—hence
Κᾰρῠᾶτις,
ιδος,
ἡ , μέλισσα (prob. priestess of Artemis)
St.Byz.; as Subst. esp.
2). dance in honour of Artemis,
Poll. 4.104 ; cf.
καρυατίζω 2 .
II). Κᾰρῠάτῐδες,
ων,
αἱ,
priestesses of Artemis at Caryae, Pratin.Lyr.
4 .
2). Archit.,
female figures used as bearing-shafts,
Lync. ap.
Ath. 6.241e ,
Vitr. 1.1.5 .