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

Moscioniexample of opus reticulatum from the doorway of the stoa poecile. villa of hadrian at tivoli 8.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

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

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 Jelliffe, Smith Ely

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