στήλη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. στάλα, Aeol. στάλλα (q.v.), ἡ, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[block of stone]] used as a [[prop]] or [[buttress]] to a wall, στήλας τε προβλῆτας ἐμόχλεον <span class="bibl">Il.12.259</span>; [[block]] of rock-crystal, in which the Ethiopian mummies were cased, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.24</span>: generally, [[block]] or [[base]], κόρη χρυσῆ ἐπὶ στήλης <span class="title">IG</span>12.256.5; μεταξὺ τοῦ κίονος καὶ τῆς σ. ἐφ' ᾗ ἐστιν ὁ στρατηγὸς ὁ χαλκοῦς <span class="bibl">And.1.38</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Lap.</span>25</span>; <b class="b3">σ. ξύλιναι, λέβητε ἀπὸ στηλῶν</b>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.314.130,133. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[block]] or [[slab]] used as a memorial, [[monument]]: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> [[gravestone]], <span class="bibl">Il.11.371</span>, <span class="bibl">16.457</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.12.14</span>, <span class="bibl">Hippon.15</span>, <span class="bibl">Simon.183</span>; ὥς τε σ. μένει ἔμπεδον, ἥ τ' ἐπὶ τύμβῳ ἑστήκῃ <span class="bibl">Il.17.434</span>; ὥς τε στήλην ἀτρέμας ἑσταότα <span class="bibl">13.437</span>; στῆλαι ἀπὸ σημάτων <span class="bibl">Th.1.93</span>; οὐ στηλῶν μόνον . . ἐπιγραφή <span class="bibl">Id.2.43</span>; μήτε στήλαις μήτε ὀνόμασι δηλοῦντας τοὺς τάφους <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>873d</span>; <b class="b3">στάλαν θέμεν Παρίου λίθου λευκοτέραν</b> (metaph. of a poet) <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>4.81</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[monument]] inscribed with record of victories, dedications, votes of thanks, treaties, laws, decrees, etc., <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.102</span>,<span class="bibl">106</span>, <span class="bibl">4.87</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>727</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.5.56</span>; <b class="b3">στήλη λιθίνη, χαλκῆ</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">47</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.13.18; <b class="b3">τί βεβούλευται περὶ τῶν σπονδῶν ἐν τῇ σ. παραγράψαι</b>; <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>513</span>; <b class="b3">τὰς θυσίας τὰς ἐκ τῶν κύρβεων καὶ τῶν σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Lys.30.17</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">And.1.96</span>, <span class="bibl">3.34</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν στήλῃ ἀναγραφῆναι</b>, whether for honour, as in <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.14</span>; or for infamy, as in <span class="bibl">And.1.51</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">D.9.41</span>, etc. (cf. <b class="b3">στηλίτης, στηλιτεύω</b>):—also the [[record]] itself, [[contract]], [[agreement]], στήλας ἀναγράψαι <span class="bibl">Lys.30.21</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ τὴν σ</b>. according to the [[agreement]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1051</span>; σ. αἱ πρὸς Θηβαίους <span class="bibl">D.16.27</span>; μάτην ἐν ταῖς σ. ἐστίν <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.176</span>; τῆς σ. τὰ ἀντίγραφα <span class="bibl">D.20.127</span>; <b class="b3">παραβῆναι τὰς σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Plb.24.8.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[post placed on mortgaged ground]], as a record of the fact, <span class="bibl">Poll.3.85</span>; cf. στίζω <span class="bibl">3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[boundary-post]], στήλας ὁρίσασθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.5.13</span>; <b class="b3">στήλαις διαλαβεῖν τοὺς ὅρους</b> Decr. ap. <span class="bibl">D.18.154</span>; [[turning-post]] at the end of the racecourse, <span class="title">IG</span>12.817, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>720</span>,<span class="bibl">744</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>4.6</span>: hence περὶ στήλην διαφθείρεσθαι <span class="bibl">Lys.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> for <b class="b3">Στῆλαι Ἡρακλήϊαι</b>, v. [[Ἡράκλειος]], and cf. <span class="bibl">Str.3.5.5</span>; so <b class="b3">σ. Διονύσου</b> mountains in India marking the limits of the progress of Dionysus, <span class="bibl">D.P.623</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1164</span>. (Written [[στήλλη]] in some late Inscrr., <span class="title">CIG</span>3627.1 (Ilium), 3982.18 (Philomelium), al.)</span>