- Caryatis - by NekhbetSun

2D • Atmosphere/Mood • posted on Jun 06, 2008

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Mornin' All *S* In the ancient Greek religion Artemis Caryatis was an epithet of Artemis that was derived from the city of Karyae in Laconia.
There an open-air temple was dedicated to Carya, the Lady of the Nut-Tree, whose priestesses were called the Caryatidai. Carya was a virgin who had been transformed into a nut-tree for her unchastity with Dionysus.
This particular form of veneration of Artemis at Caryae suggests that in pre-classical ritual Carya was the goddess of the nut tree who was later assimilated into the Olympian goddess Artemis.
Each year women performed a dance called the Caryatis
at a festival in honor of Artemis Caryatis. * * * Enjoy your history lesson? ...class dismissed :o) Wishing everyone a super day and as always, thanks so much for comments n faves !!! ~ Love & Hugs ~ * Mina *

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Comments (132)

CaressingTheDark

7:35PM | Fri, 06 June 2008

The flowers are so delicate looking and the colors here are so warm and deep like the nut itself. Stunning Mina. Blessings )O(

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Black-Carrie

8:59PM | Fri, 06 June 2008

Goes to the faves, fantastic done, Mina!

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MagikUnicorn

9:07PM | Fri, 06 June 2008

Splendido mamamiya :))

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npauling

9:25PM | Fri, 06 June 2008

Very mysterious goings on. Amazing how they mixed things up in religon. This has lovely autumn tonings and a floral feel to it. Very well created.

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eportscreations

9:30PM | Fri, 06 June 2008

Perfect!

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DarkStormCrow

9:33PM | Fri, 06 June 2008

Excellent work and image, well done...

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Eleandras

9:56PM | Fri, 06 June 2008

Very sensual and wonderful composition!

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Thelby

2:06AM | Sat, 07 June 2008

The star light background makes this just Shine!!!

watchman2005

3:48AM | Sat, 07 June 2008

All I can say is "WOW", gorgeous!!!!!!

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3Dillusions

6:10AM | Sat, 07 June 2008

Mina, its gorgeous, well done :)

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moochagoo

8:07AM | Sat, 07 June 2008

Dionysus again !!! Excellent !

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rayag

9:25AM | Sat, 07 June 2008

Impressive beauty.

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ragouc

10:05AM | Sat, 07 June 2008

Good composition.

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Cgaynor

11:32AM | Sat, 07 June 2008

Very striking and beautiful.

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shonsu

11:57AM | Sat, 07 June 2008

Wonderful imagery!

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Skydancer917

12:02PM | Sat, 07 June 2008

Oh wow!! This is gorgeous Mina!!

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delaorden_ojeda

3:43PM | Sat, 07 June 2008

so lovely and creative as always, nice piece of art work, love it !

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pixelmeister

4:08PM | Sat, 07 June 2008

Stunning cool!

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auntietk

6:22PM | Sat, 07 June 2008

Ohhhhhhh ... how lovely! The lighting is particularly wonderful. Beautiful image, my dear! :)

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JLyons

10:26PM | Sat, 07 June 2008

Very nice work.

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three_grrr

12:29AM | Sun, 08 June 2008

Terrific history lesson, wonderfully illustrated! Too bad history wasn't so beautifully presented when I was in school!

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mansco

4:34AM | Sun, 08 June 2008

Really beautiful. Hugs my friend ;O)

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Electralena

8:50AM | Sun, 08 June 2008

Excellent, Mina. Very beautiful!!!

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magichild2

10:09AM | Sun, 08 June 2008

Oh Mina...this is absoluetly beautiful...great work

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Jaml

10:41AM | Sun, 08 June 2008

Great mood!

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tetsu-pino

11:59AM | Sun, 08 June 2008

Woow!! Very beautiful image!! Excellent work.

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Gaiadriel

12:06PM | Sun, 08 June 2008

Gasp! This is pure gorgeousness! And go figure, eh? Unchaste, and you're turned into a instant nutjob...rofl. Sorry, it was bigger than me, Mina! Kind of like Everest, yanno...just...THERE. evil little grin. Much love..hugs hugs..deepest blessings. :)

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