STOA

stōˈə, in ancient Greek architecture, an extended, roofed colonnade on a street or square. Early examples consisted of a simple open-fronted shed or porch with a roof sloping from the back wall to the row of columns along the front. Later stoas were often immense, running to two stories, each with a colonnade of a different order and having a ridged roof supported on internal colonnades; rows of shops or offices lined the back wall, which was sometimes decorated with paintings. Such stoas surrounded the agora or marketplace of every large city and were used for public meetings. The Stoa Poecile on the north side of the agora of Athens was the favorite meeting place of the philosopher Zeno of Citium; hence his followers are called Stoics and his system Stoicism.

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books on: Stoa  - 1116 results

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Daedalus and Thespis: The Contributions of the Ancient Dramatic Poets to Our Knowledge of the Arts and Crafts of Greece
Book by Walter Miller; Macmillan, 1929
Subjects: Art, Greek, Greece--Antiquities, Greek drama--History and criticism, Greek literature--Selections, Greek poetry--History and criticism, Industrial arts--History
...Judeich suggests, 5 the Stoa of Zeus Eleutherius which stood alongside the Royal Stoa, 6 in which case we must...other one of the many stoas that encircled the Agora...the court rooms and stoas--I will make them a...assigned to the Royal Stoa, another group to the...
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The Ancient City of Athens: Its Topography and Monuments
Book by Ida Thallon Hill; Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1953
Subjects: Athens (Greece)--Antiquities
...leaves no room for any building between the Stoa already described and the remains identified...not specifically call the colonnade the Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios, the name is familiar...unless we accept the hypothesis that the Stoa Basileios and the Stoa of Zeus were alternative...
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Quantulacumque: Studies Presented to Kirsopp Lake
Book by Robert P. Casey, Silva Lake, Agnes K. Lake; Christophers, 1937
Subjects: Lake, Kirsopp--1872-1946, Philosophy--Collections, Theology--Collections
After the Stoa Basileios on his right, Paul would have seen the Stoa of Zeus Eleutherios, the southern portion of which has...which Pausanias i. 3. 2 tells us stood before this stoa, and which was found very nearly in its original position...
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Periklean Athens and Its Legacy: Problems and Perspectives
Book by Judith M. Barringer, Jeffrey M. Hurwit; University of Texas Press, 2005
Subjects: Art, Classical--Greece--Athens, Art, Greek--Greece--Athens, Art, Greek--Influence, Art--Greece
...dimensions and scale would also work for the Stoa Poikile. Panel paintings about a.5-3.o m high would fit with the size of the Stoa, whose back, inte- rior wall was about 4.5 m high. In addition, each bay of the Stoa was about 4 m long, allowing a painting...
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A Guide to Biblical Sites in Greece and Turkey
Book by Clyde E. Fant, Mitchell G. Reddish; Oxford University Press, 2003
Subjects: Bible--Antiquities--Guidebooks, Greece--Antiquities--Guidebooks, Turkey--Antiquities--Guidebooks
...was lower on this side. The stoa has not survived. Vis- ible...pillars that supported the stoa. In addition to serving as a support for the south stoa, the basement was used also...comer of the south and west stoas are the re- mains of two...
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journal articles on: Stoa  - 42 results

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Destruction and Memory on the Athenian Acropolis
Journal article by Rachel Kousser; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 91, 2009
Subjects: Art history, Memorials & monuments, Violence
...monuments of Early Classical Athens was the Stoa Poikile.98 Commissioned by Peisianax...and executed by major artists,101 the Stoa Poikile brought myth and history together...brought to Athens in 475 BCE.103 Like the Stoa Poikile, then, the shrine to Theseus...
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Scientific Uncertainty and Learning in European Union Environmental Policymaking
Journal article by M. Leann Brown; Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 28, 2000
Subjects: Environmental policy--Study and teaching, Environmental protection--Planning, Environmental sciences--Usage, European Union--Environmental policy, International agencies--Environmental policy
...Technological Options Assessment Unit (STOA) prepared a report entitled "Assessment...While input from in-house (CSTE and STOA) and external experts (WHO and non...and technological options assessment (STOA): Assessment of EU water quality policy...
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Simply Irresistible: Augustus, Herod, and the Empire
Journal article by Byron R. McCane; Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 127, 2008
Subjects: Architecture, Books, Historical analysis, Mosques & temples, Religion, Roman civilization, Scholarships & fellowships, Shipping industry, Side effects
...was taken up with a Roman basilica (the stoa basileia).21 In addition, Herod added...pilgrims?"23 Netzer has suggested that the stoa basileia was built "to enable Herod to...This proposal is surely right, for the stoa basileia and the broad expanse of the Court...
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The Republic of Reason and Candour
Journal article by Lisa Hill; Journal of Australian Studies, 1999
Subjects: Australia--Politics and government, Republicanism--Political aspects, Utopias--Political aspects
...Political Theory of the Old and Middle Stoa, New York, J J Augustin, 1951, p 23...144. Hadas suggests that the `Middle Stoa, in particular, was willing to relax...unjust, A Erskine, The Hellenistic Stoa, London, Gerald Duckworth and Co Ltd...
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Echelon and the Legal Restraints on Signals Intelligence: A Need for Reevaluation
Journal article by Lawrence D. Sloan; Duke Law Journal, Vol. 50, 2001
Subjects: Electronic intelligence--Laws, regulations, etc.
...and Technological Options Assessment (STOA) committee of the European Parliament...Internal Affairs(96) to request that STOA prepare a follow-up study entitled Development...http://www.europarl.eu.int/stoa/publi/166499/execsum_en.htm...
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Digging Up the Virtual Past
Magazine article by David Mattison; Searcher, Vol. 14, February 2006
Subjects: Archaeology, Greek civilization, Humbul Humanities Hub, Manycompanies, Roman civilization, United Nations Educational Scientific & Cultural Organization, United States, University of Kansas, Washington State University, Web sites, Wikipedia
...edu, whose work was taken over by the AWMC. The Stoa Consortium http://www.stoa.org is a group of classicists applying digital...such as The Ancient City of Athens http://www.stoa.org/athens/, Diotima: Materials for the Study...
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Return to Greece
Magazine article by James Allan Evans; Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 108, Spring 2001
Subjects: Athens, Greece--Description and travel, Civilization, Greek--History, Greece--History, Parthenon--History, Travel--Greece
...building. So rebuilding the Stoa of Attalus made sense to the...in 1954, the pillars of the Stoa were rising, and stonemasons...ruins in abundance. The rebuilt Stoa of Attalus now faces the Hephaistos...lions head waterspouts for the Stoas eavestroughs. These masons...
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Nine Cultural Capitals Named
Magazine article by Kate Mattingly; Dance Magazine, Vol. 73, November 1999
Subjects: Cultural policy--Europe, Helsinki, Finland--Art
...Arja Raatikainen provided an exquisite blend of movement and light design in her Comments at Stoa, The Cultural Center of Eastern Helsinki. Venues like Stoa played an integral role in the choreographers work: during Raatikainens intermission, pale...
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Tom Wolfe's Epictetus
Magazine article by Jude P. Dougherty; World and I, Vol. 15, February 2000
Subjects: Satire--Criticism and interpretation, Stoics--Ethical aspects, Wolfe, Thomas--Criticism and interpretation
...One would have to distinguish between the Early, Middle, and Late Stoa. Yet one is tempted to draw certain parallels between that period in antiquity in which the Early Stoa came to be and our own time. Stoicism was called into being when the...
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Enemies of the State
Magazine article by James P. Lucier; Insight on the News, Vol. 15, September 13, 1999
Subjects: Computer software industry--Laws, regulations, etc., Data encryption--Laws, regulations, etc., Goodlatte, Robert W.--Military policy, Security and Freedom through Encryption Act
...its Scientific and Technological Options Assessment panel, or STOA, confirmed in April that ECHELONs giant antennae distributed...governments and trade and international organizations," says the STOA report, asserting that the information is used not only for...
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newspaper articles on: Stoa  - 28 results

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North Expressway Project Legal, RTC Says
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, April 5, 2006
Subjects: Road construction industry
...declare as unconstitutional the subject STOA (supplementary toll operation agreement...Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado were not parties to the STOA. Hence, they ahave no legal standing...petitioners were questioning the validity of the STOA which authorized the MNTC to fully rehabilate...
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Second Wave of Toll Hike Seen
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 24, 2010
Subjects: Toll roads
...SLTCs Supplemental Toll Operation Agreement (STOA) with the Philippine government.The STOA defines the scope of the road project coverage...time the toll rates were approved). Under the STOA, the investor can be allowed only to recover...
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Court Declares NLEX Project Legal
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, April 5, 2006
...declare as unconstitutional the subject STOA (Supplementary Toll Operation Agreement...Wilhelmino Sy-Alvarado were not parties to the STOA, hence, "have no legal standing to institute...petitioners were questioning the validity of the STOA which authorized the MNTC to fully rehabilitate...
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NHL Standings
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), November 6, 2010
...First Period--1, Lake Erie, Macias 1 (Olver, Stoa), 4:57 pp; 2, Lake Erie, Stoa 1 (Chouinard, Macias), 6:12 pp; 3, Lake...Bordeleau, Lake Erie (misconduct), 2:48; Stoa, Lake Erie (delay of game), 3:09; Stoa...
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NHL Standings
Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 4, 2010
...3, Lake Erie, Rissmiller 3 (Olver, Stoa), 10:47. Penalties--Ross, Chicago (tripping), 4:06; Stoa, Lake Erie (interference), 8:13 Second...5, Lake Erie, Rissmiller 5 (Walter, Stoa), 10:54 pp. Penalties--Hunt, Chicago...
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encyclopedia articles on: Stoa  - 7 results

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Stoa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
STOA sto , in ancient Greek architecture, an extended...the row of columns along the front. Later stoas were often immense, running to two stories...city and were used for public meetings. The Stoa Poecile on the north side of the agora of Athens...
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Zeno of Citium
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Heraclitus, Aristotle, and others, and to forge from these elements a consistent philosophy. Zeno taught in Athens at the Stoa Poecile Gr.,=painted porch; his followers therefore came to be known as "Stoics," and his school as "the Porch...
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Euphranor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
EUPHRANOR yoofra n r, fl. 364 b.c., Greek painter and sculptor from Corinth. His most famous paintings were in the Stoa of Zeus at Athens A Cavalry Charge between the Athenians and Boeotians at Mantinea and Theseus on one wall and the 12 great gods...
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Colonnade
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...a row of columns usually supporting a roof. Colonnades were popular with the Greeks and Romans, who employed them in the stoa and the portico ; they have continued to be used throughout the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and modern times. See column...
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Portico
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...using columns or posts, generally included between a wall and a row of columns or between two rows of columns. In Greece the stoa was a portico of the first type; in Greek temples porticoes terminated the front and rear ends of the naos called pronaos and...
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