Caryatid B in the Archaeological Museum of Eleusis
Type
Sculpture
Material
Marble
Height
2.09 m (Saint Demetra) 1.96 m. (Caryatid B)
Width
1.50 m (Caryatid B)
Created
1st century BC
Discovered
1892 (Caryatid B) Eleusis
Present location
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Saint Demetra) Archaeological Museum of Eleusis, Eleusis (Caryatid B)
Culture
Greco-Roman
In antiquity, two large Caryatids from the Lesser Propylaea adorned the sanctuary of the Greek goddess of agriculture Demeter at Eleusis in Greece as architectural support taking the place of columns. Following the Christianization of the Roman Empire, one of the Caryatids was dubbed Saint Demetra by the locals and worshipped as patron saint of agriculture and crops. The Caryatid was removed from Eleusis in 1801 by Englishman Edward Daniel Clarke, who later donated it to the University of Cambridge; it remains on display in the Fitzwilliam Museum.
The second Caryatid B, preserved in a better condition than Saint Demetra, was unearthed in Eleusis some ninety years after the other one was taken, and it is exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Eleusis.
Greece is seeking the repatriation of the other Caryatid.
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