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KARYES (Ancient city) LAKEDEMONA
Karuai: Eth. Karuates. A town of Laconia upon the frontiers of Arcadia.
It was originally an Arcadian town belonging to Tegea, but was conquered by the
Spartans and annexed to their territory. (Phot. Lex. s. v. Karuateia;; Paus. viii.
45. § 1.) Caryae revolted from Sparta after the battle of Leuctra (B.C. 371),
and offered to guide a Theban army into Laconia; but shortly afterwards it was
severely punished for its treachery, for Archidamus took the town and put to death
all the inhabitants who were made prisoners. (Xen. Hell. vi. 5. 24--27, vii. 1.
§ 28.) Caryae was celebrated for its temple of Artemis Caryatis, and for the annual
festival of this goddess, at which the Lacedaemonian virgins used to perform a
peculiar kind of dance. (Paus. iii. 10. § 9 ; Lucian. de Salt. 10.) This festival
was of great antiquity, for in the second Messenian war, Aristomenes is said to
have carried off the Lacedaemonian virgins, who were dancing at Caryae in honour
of Artemis. (Paus. iv. 16. § 9.) It was, perhaps, from this ancient dance of the
Lacedaemonian maidens, that the Greek artists gave the name of Caryatides to the
female figures which were employed in architecture instead of pillars. The tale
of Vitruvius respecting the origin of these figures, is not entitled to any credit.
He relates (i. 1. § 5) that Caryae revolted to the Persians after the battle of
Thermopylae; that it was in consequence destroyed by the allied Greeks, who killed
the men and led the women into captivity; and that to commemorate the disgrace
of the latter, representations of them were employed in ar. chitecture instead
of columns.
The exact position of Caryae has given rise to dispute. It is evident
from the account of Pausanias (iii. 10. § 7), and from the history of more than
one campaign that it was situated on the road from Tegea to Sparta. (Thuc.v. 55;
Xen. Hell. vi. 5. 25, 27 ; Liv. xxxiv. 26.) If it was on the direct road from
Tegea to Sparta, it must be placed, with Leake, at the Khan of Krevata: but we
are more inclined to adopt the opinion of Boblaye and Ross, that it stood on one
of the side roads from Tegea to Sparta. Ross places it NW. of the Khan of Krevata,
in a valley of a tributary of the Oenus, where there is an insulated hill with
ancient ruins, about an hour to the right or west of the village of Arakhova.
Although the road from Tegea to Sparta is longer by way of Arakhova, it was, probably,
often adopted in war in preference to the direct road, in order to avoid the defiles
of Klisura, and to obtain for an encampment a good supply of water. Boblaye remarks,
that there are springs of excellent water in the neighbourhood of Aralkhova, to
which Lycophron, probably, alludes (Karikon or Karukon poton, Lycophr. 149).
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
ERMES (Ancient location) LACONIA
A district in the north of Laconia.
KARYES (Ancient city) LAKEDEMONA
A town in Laconia near the borders of Arcadia, originally belonged
to the territory of Tegea in Arcadia. Female figures in architecture that support
burdens are said to have been called Caryatides in token of the abject slavery
to which the women of Caryae were reduced by the Greeks, as a punishment for joining
the Persians at the invasion of Greece
This text is cited Oct 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
KARYES (Ancient city) LAKEDEMONA
ERMES (Ancient location) LACONIA
It was the triangle of the borders between Arkadia, Lakonia and Argolida, close to the peak Zygos (1309m), where there were three piles of stones. The name Fonemeni (murdered) had been given by the inhabitants, who thought that those piles of stones were graves.
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