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

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 Draper, John William

The Roman client, King Herod, erected a long stoa on the east, and Agrippa encouraged the growth of a new suburb south of this.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various

The Stoics were so called, because their founder gave his lectures in the Athenian stoa, or porch, called “Pœ´cilê.”

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham