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His eye is caught by a line of balconies supported at either end by twin Atlases with loincloths distended by large bulges, each balcony is supported by a caryatid with preposterously large breasts that stare into the heavens.
Su mirada atrapa al vuelo la línea de balcones sostenida en sus extremos por dos atlantes monumentales con taparrabos hinchados por una excepcional protuberancia, y bajo cada balcón, por cariátides de senos ultrajantemente generosos que miran al cielo.
At the top stand four cylindrical caryatids, known as “Atlases”, who represent the god Quetzalcoatl as the Morning Star (through a butterfly they bear on their back, symbol of the star), and four carved columns, which represent the Plumed Serpent, the same god in animal form.
En lo alto se alzan cuatro cariátides cilíndricas, llamadas «atlantes», que representan al dios Quetzalcóatl como Estrella de la Mañana (por medio de una mariposa que lleva posada en la espalda, símbolo de la estrella), y cuatro columnas esculpidas que representan la Serpiente Emplumada, es decir, siempre el mismo dios bajo forma animal.
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