GREEK ARCCHITECTURE IN ATHENS

THE ERECHTHEUM
Two porches spring out from the core rectangle of the temple at different
levels
A small porch faces the Parthenon
This has columns in the shape of a
woman called caryatid
The caryatids are linked to a historical
story .
The caryatids are a people who lived
in Asia minor
They were believed to have fought
with the Persians against the Greeks
When the Greeks won, they
destroyed the cities of the caryatids