caryatid-parent

Updated: May 11, 2025

But the caryatid-parent, who exists simply as a filial prop, is not a fruitful theme, and Undine, called on for the first time to view her own progenitors as a subject of conversation, was struck by their lack of points. She had never paused to consider what her father and mother were "interested" in, and, challenged to specify, could have named with sincerity only herself.

Edith Wharton - The Custom of the Country