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

Stoics, the disciples of Zeno; derived their name from the stoa or portico in Athens where their master taught and founded the school in 340 B.C.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

Later on Ptolemy Philadelphus gave Athens the Ptolem�um near the Theseum, Attalus I the stoa north-east of the Agora, Eumenes II that near the great theatre, and Antiochus Epiphanes carried on the Olympieum.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

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)

An early terrace wall supports a precinct in which are a stoa and some remains of temples; these were excavated by the British School at Athens in 1894, but very little was found.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg