The caryatids, five larger-than-life-size female statues that supported a porch on the Erechtheum temple on the Acropolis, survey the museum's lobby from an internal balcony.
五座比女性真人略大的女像柱被安放在内部的阳台，审视着整个博物馆大厅，这些女像柱曾支撑着伊瑞克提翁神庙的门廊。
Elgin's acquisitions also included objects from other buildings on the Athenian Acropolis: a Caryatid from Erechtheum; four slabs from the frieze of the Temple of Athena Nike; and a number of other architectural fragments of the Parthenon, Propylaia, Erechtheum, the Temple of Athena Nike and the Treasury of Atreus.
埃尔金拿走的还有雅典卫城其他建筑上的东西：厄瑞克提翁神庙的1尊女像柱、雅典娜胜利神庙的4块浮雕装饰板、以及巴特农神庙、卫城入口、厄瑞克提翁神庙、雅典娜胜利神庙和阿特柔斯国库等建筑的大量残件。
The renowned Athens Acropolis (5th century BC), atop a craggy walled hill, is home to four main edifices－the Propylaea, Parthenon, Erechtheum (Ionic temple noted for its caryatid porch), and Temple of Athena Nike－all built from white marble plentiful in the region.
著名的雅典卫城（Athens Acropolis，建于西元前5世纪）位于陡峭的山岗上，有四座重要建筑物：卫城山门、巴特农神庙、厄瑞克底翁庙（Erechtheum，以女像柱〔caryatid〕闻名的爱奥尼亚神庙）和雅典娜胜利神庙，都是以该地区生产的白色大理石筑成。