The Stoa Poikile (Ancient Greek: ἡ ποικίλη στοά, hē poikílē stoá) or Painted Portico was a Doric stoa (a covered walkway or portico) erected around 460...
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from "stoa". Stoa Poikile, "Painted Porch", from which the philosophy Stoicism takes its name Stoa of Attalos Stoa Basileios (Royal Stoa) Stoa of Zeus...
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Miltiades (section Stoa Poikile)
writes that although Miltiades wanted his name to be written in the Stoa Poikile, the Athenians refused. Instead of writing his name they had him painted...
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was for a commercial, assembly, or residential gathering place. Stoa Poikile (Painted stoa), a building built in the 5th century B.C. used purely for socialising...
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began teaching in the colonnade in the Agora of Athens known as the Stoa Poikile (Greek Στοὰ Ποικίλη) in 301 BC. His disciples were initially called "Zenonians...
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known as the Stoa Poikile (meaning painted stoa) because of the paintings that once lined the hall, the stoa later became known as the Echo Stoa due to the...
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Sanctuary of Aphrodite Urania (category Stoas in Greece)
a bronze statue of Hermes Agoraios and then goes on to describe the Stoa Poikile. The remains usually identified with the sanctuary are located at the...
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The Stoa of Zeus at Athens, was a two-aisled stoa located in the northwest corner of the Ancient Agora of Athens. It was built c. 425 BC–410 BC for religious...
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against the Persians, and indeed he was depicted in the mural of the Stoa Poikile fighting for the Athenians, along with the twelve Olympian gods and other...
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portrayed among the Athenian gods and heroes on the wall-paintings of the Stoa Poikile. The Athenians erected a statue in honour of Callimachus, the "Nike of...
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