Caryatid and column from the Erechtheion

[@delusionsofgrandeur1330]

It never fails to amaze & surprise me when I see something so gorgeous, created so long ago. We are made to believe that with all our technology and creature comforts today we are somehow so much more advanced than those that came before us - then you see something so amazing made of stone and you quietly zip it lol

[@richardque4952]

The statue was painted during its heyday.

[@Sasha0927]

Does the phrase "[person] was a pillar of ___" or "they're a pillar of the community" trace back to this? I've never thought of those phrases that way... Regardless, I'm enjoying being able to recognize doric / ionic columns. They are indeed graceful and lovely. :)

[@s.k.3891]

She belongs with her sisters in Athens

[@nicholasturner7931]

S. K. To the victor go the spoils! Get big and take it back. If you can

[@s.k.3891]

@@nicholasturner7931 , Now THATS what I call civilization!!!

[@justinduck2953]

@@nicholasturner7931 oof ironic statement, go check Britain's demographic, they are getting replaced without a shot being fired. I give them two more decades and then they will be no more

[@uttaradit2]

no. her sisters all belong in London along with all the other loot of the great british empire.

[@doncarlodivargas5497]

Didn't the turks blow everything up? They did obviously not appreciate it, so it is beneficial for human kind the British did, you should thank them, not criticize

[@wheblinckluipasquiere]

She misses her sisters so much 💔

[@johnnyboy162]

There is an empty spot in the Athen's museum next to her sisters waiting for her to come back where she belongs

[@opabinnier]

She belongs in the British Museum. All legally bought and paid for. Surely you wouldn't trust Europeans to preserve it! Greece is a flaming dystopia, corrupt from top to bottom. When it comes to inefficacy and corruption, the Mainland Europeans have us Brits totally outclassed. Amazingly.

[@johnnyboy162]

@@opabinnier They were stolen from Greece. At the time, Acropolis was occupied by Turks only, so Greeks had no right on their pieces of history there. However, they are part of their civilization. Neither Turkish non British one. It is common sense Greeks never gave them to British. And the Parthenon was preserved in an remarkably perfect condition, as a temple, for 2000 years! only to be destroyed by the Venetians in the 17th century while they were fighting the Turks. And now there is also the new (with better conditions than the British) Acropolis Museum.

[@opabinnier]

@@johnnyboy162 I don't know why you assume I need a history lesson, or why you are qualified to teach me. You're funny!

[@jaydee3730]

@@opabinnier "But, officer, I bought that stolen watch! It was legally paid for!" Still going to jail...

[@NavidIsANoob]

@@opabinnier Ignorant britbong. Enjoy your decaying empire while it lasts. When your queen croakes it will surely be over. The rest of the world has moved on.

[@orangebutblue]

Is this the original? Or a replica?

[@smarthistory-art-history]

The caryatid in London is original.

[@chino3796]

She belongs in Athens.

[@PrimordialNyx]

She's the original. The kidnapped sister. The one who was stolen, along with many others from her home.

[@itaintrocketscience]

The filthy British pillage and plunder where ever they go This was stolen in 1801 by some British asshole. I wish Greece would go take it back

[@fredericktarr8266]

@@chino3796 Return all foreign objects! Keep Britain British!

[@amerigodelgreco7398]

Fa uno strano contrapposto sentire parlare di arte greca con una lingua miagolosamente barbara e con le etimologie dal senso perduto!

[@AhmadYunani-it8mx]

Mantap

[@matildevicente5710]

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