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

The Poecile was a portico; portico in Greek is stoa, hence the name of Stoic.

From Initiation into Philosophy by Faguet, Émile

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 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 Dakyns, Henry Graham

The word "basilica" is a Latinized form of the Greek adjective βασιλική, "royal," and some feminine substantive, such as domus, or stoa, must be understood with it.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various