stoa

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 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

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 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

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

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