Many, many years ago, in ancient Greece, there lived six sisters. They were born in Karyes, a village near Sparta, and for this reason, they were known to everyone as the Caryatids. They loved each other so much that as they grew up, they wished to Zeus to keep them together forever. To fulfill their wish, he placed them to hold the roof of the Erechtheion, the temple located on the Acropolis of Athens, transforming them into statues. They were the most beautiful statues of the time! All day long, they stood still and silent, gazing, but at night they came to life, singing, dancing, telling jokes, and all of Athens could hear them laughing. But this joy was not meant to last long. A lord from England, Elgin, who visited the Acropolis, saw them and admired them so much that the idea of stealing the six Caryatids and taking them with him to his homeland entered his mind...
Manufacturer
- Author
- Anastasia CHristopoulou
- Publisher
- Papyros Ekdotikos Organismos
- Type
- Mythology
- Language
- Greek
- Age
- under 7 years old years
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 26
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Dimensions
- 22x24 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9789604860272
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