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

Finally, immediately to the north of this western stoa there is an extensive house of Roman times also connected with baths.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

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

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