CARYA-Æ, (Stephanus): Carya, arum, (Paufanias); a town of Laconia, between Sparta and the borders of Messenia: where stood a temple of Diana, thence called Caryatis, idis; whose annual festival, called Carya, orum, was celebrated by Spartan virgins with dances. An inhabitant, Caryates, and Caryatis; Caryatis apis, a Laconian bee, (Stephanus.)