OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation · J199
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An upright stone slab used as a monument; a funerary stele commemorates a dead person. The plural is stelai.
Revise: Greek Burial Methods and Grave MarkersOne slab is a stele. Some carried inscriptions or carved depictions of the deceased, linking a name to an image that relatives and others could remember.
- Revise: The Genesia: Greek Festivals for the Dead
An upright stone grave marker, sometimes carved with an image of the deceased; the plural is stelai.