stoa
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Origin of stoa
First recorded in 1595–1605, stoa is from the Greek word stoá
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The Stoics were so named because Zeno instructed his students in the stoa poikile, or “painted porch” in the Athenian agora.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
Of this Brahmanic stoa, to which we now turn, the Yajur Veda forms the fitting entrance.
From The Religions of India Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume 1, Edited by Morris Jastrow by Hopkins, Edward Washburn
The stoa may be defined as a building having an open range of columns on at least one side.
From A History of Greek Art by Tarbell, Frank Bigelow
The Roman client, King Herod, erected a long stoa on the east, and Agrippa encouraged the growth of a new suburb south of this.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
The Poecile was a portico; portico in Greek is stoa, hence the name of Stoic.
From Initiation into Philosophy by Faguet, Émile
One of six stoas in the Agora, the Painted Stoa received its popular name when the greatest artists of the time were commissioned to decorate it with murals depicting great mythical and historical battles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus the most famous works of Polygnotus adorned the inner faces of the walls of temples and stoas.
From A History of Greek Art by Tarbell, Frank Bigelow
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