Atlantes

Japanese: Atlantes
Atlantes

…When Hercules came to retrieve the golden apples guarded by his daughters, the Hesperides, Atlas made Hercules carry the sky instead of the apples. The plural form of Atlas, Atlantes, is an architectural term meaning a male statue that is the counterpart of a caryatid (female statue), and the first example of its use remains at the Olympieion in Akragas. In geography, Atlas is the name of a huge mountain range that stretches from east to west along the northwest coast of Africa. …

From [Pillar]

…All of these columns have a thinner shaft (entasis) towards the top, but the columns seen in pre-Greek Cretan and Mycenaean architecture are round, thicker at the top. In Greece, there were attempts to combine columns with sculptures, such as the caryatid (female pillar), atlantes (male pillar), and hermai. In Asia Minor and India, too, the capitals are carved with animal figures or fluted, and the shafts are covered with sculpture. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Atlantes" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…彼の娘たちヘスペリデスの守る黄金のリンゴをヘラクレスがとりにきたとき,アトラスがリンゴをとってやる代りに,一時彼に蒼穹を背負わせた話は有名。アトラスの複数形アトランテスAtlantesはカリアティード(女人像柱)の対になる〈男性像柱〉を意味する建築用語で,アクラガスのオリュンピエイオンにその最初の使用例が残っている。地理学では,アトラスはアフリカ北西海岸に沿って東西に伸びる巨大な山脈の名称。…

【柱】より

…これらの柱はいずれも上部にいくに従って柱身が細くなる(エンタシス)が,ギリシア以前のクレタやミュケナイの建築にみられる柱は上が太くなる円柱である。またギリシアでは,カリアティード(女像柱),アトランテスatlantes(男像柱),ヘルマイなど,柱と彫像を組み合わせる試みがみられた。小アジアやインドでも,柱頭に動物の姿が刻まれたり縦溝が施されたりし,彫刻が柱身を覆ったりする形式がみられる。…

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