Καρύαι

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.

• • • 1 Artemis, Paus. 3.10.7.
    • 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.
    • 3 a kind of ear-rings, Poll. 5.97.

Καρύαι

• • Ia place in Laconia with a famous temple of Artemis, Thuc.:—hence,
  • IIΚαρυᾶτις, ἡ, a name of Artemis