Labels:sky OCR: Interior Artwork The Cary atides The third floor facing the Grand Staircase IS supported by four columns sculpted to resemble the Cary atidae (Cary ratides) tundd in the Porch of Maidens Athens, Gr eece, which dates 480 B C The figures were sculpted by the P iccirilli brothers from models supplied by Albert Hodge of London Enaland One of the stories that relat es the origin of the name of f these figures tells of revolt following the battle of Thermopyl ae in which the people of Carya took the side of the Persian invaders. After the defeat of the Persians, the Cary ae were carried aw ay into captivity by the Greeks found aidens
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