M. Vitruvius per Iocundum solito castigatior factus cum figuris et tabula ut iam legi et intelligi possit

A woodcut illustration depicts three female figures standing side-by-side, each wearing a long, pleated gown and a distinctive, tall, crown-like architectural headpiece (caryatids). They stand upon individual pedestals beneath a simple entablature.

No less did the Lacedaemonians, with Pausanias, son of Agesipolis, as leader at the Battle of Plataea, having overcome an infinite number of the Persian army with a small force, and having celebrated a triumph with glory, construct a portico from the spoils and booty as an index of the praise and virtue of the citizens, a trophy for posterity. And there they placed the statues of the captives in barbarian dress, punished with deserved humiliations for their pride, supporting the roof, so that the enemies might shudder with fear at the effects of their bravery, and the citizens, looking upon that example of virtue, raised in glory, might be prepared to defend their liberty. Thus, many from that argument have placed Persian statues supporting epistyles architraves and their ornaments, and so from that subject, they have increased the excellent varieties of their works.