stoa
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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
They form the chief element of the organization of cults in academies and museums, and justify the names of colonnade, stoa, portico, and loggia, which occur everywhere; besides the special designation like Οἰκυς αἰονὶος, etc.
From Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts by Smith Ely Jelliffe
Clap her aboard to morrow night, and stoa her, And all's made up againe.
From The Two Noble Kinsmen by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
After twenty years of preparation, he opened a school in the stoa or porch in Athens, from which his doctrine and disciples have received their name.
From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by John William Draper
The senate was seated in the arcade or stoa in the market-place, since the Cadmeia was in possession of the women who were celebrating the Thesmophoria.
From Hellenica by Henry Graham Dakyns
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 Frank Bigelow Tarbell
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