Kerameikos steles

Reliefs decorating the graves were meant to show the dead in their best light, using imagery to recognize their bravery in battle, or pathos, or wealth.

[4] Many of the fragments and inscriptions found in the present came from the remnants of the Themistoclean Walls, which were built after the Persian Wars, using any and all stone available.

Notable styles found in Kerameikos include the naiskos stele, lekythos graves, and kore.

[5] Some grave-markers in Kerameikos were set with high bases for sculptures that could be seen from afar, such as the burial monument of Dionysios of Kollitos or the recumbent bull in the British Museum.

After the Battle of Chairon and Thibrachos, Lacedaemonian soldiers of King Pausanias' army were buried at Kerameikos.

This grave is a naiskos, meaning Hegeso was likely a prominent woman as this style signified wealth and importance.