=Steinfort= (_The baron_), brother of the Countess Wintersen. He falls in love with Mrs. Haller, but, being informed of the relationship between Mrs. Haller and “the stranger,” exerts himself to bring about a reconciliation.--Benj. Thompson, _The Stranger_ (1797). =Stella.= The Lady Penelopê Devereux, the object of Sir Philip Sidney’s affection. She married Lord Rich, and was a widow in Sidney’s life-time. Spenser says, in his _Astrophel_, when Astrophel (_Sir Philip_) died, Stella died of grief, and the “two lovers” were converted into one flower, called “Starlight,” which is first red, and, as it fades, turns blue. Some call it _penthea_, but henceforth (he says) it shall be called “Astrophel.” It is a pure fiction that Stella died from grief at the death of Sidney, for she afterwards married Charles Blount, created by James I. earl of Devonshire. The poet himself must have forgotten his own lines: No less praiseworthy Stella do I read, Tho’ nought my praises of her needed are, Whom verse of noblest shepherd lately dead [1586] Hath praised and raised above each other star. Spenser, _Colin Clout’s Come Home Again_ (1591). _Stella._ Miss Hester Johnson was so called by Swift, to whom she was privately married in 1706. Hester is first changed into the Greek _aster_, and “aster” in Latin, like _stella_, means “a star.” Stella lived with Mrs. Dingley, on Ormond Quay, Dublin. Poor Stella must pack off to town ... To Liffy’s stinking tide at Dublin ... To be directed there by Dingley ... And now arrives the dismal day, She must return to Ormond Quay. Swift, _To Stella at Wood Park_ (1723). =Steno= (_Michel_), one of the chiefs of the tribunal of Forty. Steno insults some of the ladies assembled at a civic banquet given by Marino Faliero, the doge of Venice, and is turned out of the house. In revenge, he fastens on the doge’s chair some scurrilous lines against the young dogaressa, whose extreme modesty and innocence ought to have protected her from such insolence. The doge refers the matter to “the Forty,” who sentence Steno to two month’s imprisonment. This punishment, in the opinion of the doge, is wholly inadequate to the offence, and Marino Faliero joins a conspiracy to abolish the council altogether.--Byron, _Marino Faliero, the Doge of Venice_ (1819). =Stentor=, a Grecian herald in the Trojan war. Homer says he was “great-hearted, brazen-voiced, and could shout as loud as fifty men.” He began to roar for help with the lungs of a Stentor.--Smollett. =Steph´ano=, earl of Carnūti, the leader of 400 men in the allied Christian army. He was noted for his military prowess and wise counsel.--Tasso, _Jerusalem Delivered_, i. (1575). _Stephano_, a drunken butler.--Shakespeare, _The Tempest_ (1609). _Stephano_, servant to Portia.--Shakespeare, _Merchant of Venice_ (1598).