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[100] βωμῶν, from root “βα”, as in “βαίνω”, properly anything on which one mounts; cp. Il.8. 441“ἅρματα δ᾽ ἂμ βωμοῖσι τίθει”, where Schol. V. interprets “τοῖς ἀναβαθμοῖς”. Thus βωμός, when used as an ‘altar,’ differs from “ἐσχάρα” in having steps, or an ascent (“ἀνάβασις”) of some kind up to it. Here it denotes only a ‘pedestal.’ The statues are represented as carrying the torch grasped by both hands, as the preposition (“μετά”) shows.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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