STELE  , the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek name (o siXrt) for a See also:

• PILLAR (0. Fr. piler, Mod. pilier, Late Lat. pilare, from pila, column)

pillar or See also:

• VERTICAL (from Lat. vertex, highest point)

vertical slab of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone or See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble, sometimes decorated with bas-reliefs and bearing See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions, and generally terminated with a cresting (ErtOrlµa) enriched with the See also:

• ANTHEMION (from the Gr. h.v8Epaw, a flower)

anthemion plant . In later times the stele was crowned with a small See also:

• PEDIMENT (equivalents, Gr. &ros, Lat. fastigium, Fr. ponton)

pediment . The Way of the Tombs at See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens was lined with stelae, some of them in memory of prominent citizens .