Note 278 — THE SHIELD OF HERCULES.
George Chapman translation
The huge mount and monumental stone.] By the words tomb and monument, ταφος and σημα, I understand a mount of earth and a pillar of stone on the top of it: although Homer Il. xxiv. v. 801, applies σημα to the mount: which he seems to describe as raised of stones:
Χευαντες δε το σημα, παλιν κιον. So casting up the tomb, they back return’d.