He dreamt of creating a great series of stone caryatids , inspired by the nude or partly draped female figures that supported the stone entablatures of ancient greek temples .
Once , when they were repairing the balcony of the town-hall at toulon , one of those admirable caryatids of puget , which support the balcony , became loosened , and was on the point of falling .
一次，土伦市政厅正修理阳台，阳台下面有许多彼惹雕的人形柱，美丽可喜，其中一根脱了榫，几乎倒下来。
Athens , afp -- the best-known statues from the athens acropolis , the caryatids that once adorned the erechtheion temple , began their journey saturday to a new museum , the greek culture ministry said .
