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