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An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth (1888)

Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, Papworth, Wyatt Angelicus Van Sandau, 1822-1894 · London Longmans, Green · leaf 92

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rotecting some Spartan virgins taken by his soliliers, it is not (juitc borne out by thewords of Diodorus. Salinasius {Exereit. Iliiiiaiue. f GO:?, et secj.) says, that Diana wasworshipped at Carya, near Sparta, under the name of Diana Caryatis; and that at her templeand statue the Lacedemonian… … Fig. lOJ. nlcs) on tlie temple to tlie goddess at Carya. Tlie third turning to tlie right leads to Carya,and tlie sanctuary of Diana; for the neighhourhood of Carya is sacred to that goddess andher nymphs, liie statue of Uiana Caryatis is in the open air; and in this place the Lace-demoiiian…

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