Location information

Community of Karyes

Tel: +30 27310 95162, 95345
Fax: +30 27310 95345
  On the northwestern slopes of Mt. Parnon, at an altitude of 900 m., lies Karyes, a pretty village near the site of the ancient town with the same name where Artemis Karyatis was worshipped. The goddess was accompanied by the virgin Caryatid nymphs, whose statues adorned the Erechthion of the Acropolis at Athens. At the village there is a copy of the Erechthion and the statues. The church of Panagia has probably been erected on the site of the goddess’s temple.
This text (extract) is cited March 2004 from the Prefecture of Laconia tourist pamphlet.