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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