List of Stoae
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Stoa
e, in the context of ancient Greek architecture
, are covered walkways or porticos, commonly for public usage. The following is a list of stoae located in Greece
sorted alphabetically by the stoa's city of location, with the name appearing in bold text, followed by a short description and/or location of the stoa:
Assos
Athens
Delos
Delphi
Brauron
Olympia
Priene
Samos
Sounion
Stoa
Stoa in Ancient Greek architecture; covered walkways or porticos, commonly for public usage. Early stoae were open at the entrance with columns, usually of the Doric order, lining the side of the building; they created a safe, enveloping, protective atmosphere.Later examples were built as two...
e, in the context of ancient Greek architecture
Architecture of Ancient Greece
The architecture of Ancient Greece is the architecture produced by the Greek-speaking people whose culture flourished on the Greek mainland and Peloponnesus, the Aegean Islands, and in colonies in Asia Minor and Italy for a period from about 900 BC until the 1st century AD, with the earliest...
, are covered walkways or porticos, commonly for public usage. The following is a list of stoae located in Greece
Greece
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sorted alphabetically by the stoa's city of location, with the name appearing in bold text, followed by a short description and/or location of the stoa:
AssosAssosAssos , also known as Behramkale or for short Behram, is a small historically rich town in the Ayvacık district of the Çanakkale Province, Turkey....
- North Stoa (Lower Story): Two-storied DoricDoric orderThe Doric order was one of the three orders or organizational systems of ancient Greek or classical architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian.-History:...
on the north side of the agora. - South Stoa: Two-aisled on the south side of the agora.
AthensAthensAthens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
- Stoa PoikileStoa PoikileThe Stoa Poikile or Painted Porch, originally called the Porch of Peisianax , was erected during the 5th century BC and was located on the north side of the Ancient Agora of Athens. The Stoa was the location from which Zeno of Citium taught Stoicism...
(Painted Porch): on the north side of the Ancient Agora of AthensAncient Agora of AthensThe Ancient Agora of Athens is the best-known example of an ancient Greek agora, located to the northwest of the Acropolis and is bounded on the south by the hill of the Areopagus and on the west by the hill known as the Colonus Agoraeus.-History:The agora in Athens had private housing, until it...
, the stoa from which StoicismStoicismStoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded in Athens by Zeno of Citium in the early . The Stoics taught that destructive emotions resulted from errors in judgment, and that a sage, or person of "moral and intellectual perfection," would not suffer such emotions.Stoics were concerned...
takes its name - Stoa of AttalosStoa of AttalosThe Stoa of Attalos is recognised as one of the most impressive stoæ in the Athenian Agora. It was built by and named after King Attalos II of Pergamon who ruled between 159 BC and 138 BC.-Description:...
: Two-storied on the eastern side of the AgoraAgoraThe Agora was an open "place of assembly" in ancient Greek city-states. Early in Greek history , free-born male land-owners who were citizens would gather in the Agora for military duty or to hear statements of the ruling king or council. Later, the Agora also served as a marketplace where...
. - Stoa AmphiaraionStoa AmphiaraionStoa Amphiaraion is located on the east side of the Sanctuary of Amphiaraios, southeast of the Theater. It was built circa 360 BC. The two-aisled stoa opens towards the southeast with an outer Doric colonnade of forty-one columns and an inner Ionic colonnade of seventeen columns...
: on the east side of the Sanctuary of Amphiaraios, southeast of the Theater. - Stoa of Hermes located to the north of the agora.
- Stoa BasileiosStoa BasileiosBasileios Stoa , also Basilike Stoa , both meaning Royal Stoa, was a stoa constructed in Ancient Athens in the 5th century BC. It was located in the northwest corner of the Athenian Agora.The Royal Stoa was the headquarters of the King Archon and of the Areios Pagos council Basileios Stoa , also...
(Royal Stoa): in the northeast corner of the Agora. - Stoa of ZeusStoa of ZeusThe Stoa of Zeus at Athens, was a two-aisled stoa located in the northwest corner of the Ancient Agora of Athens. It was built circa 425 BC–410 BC for religious purposes in dedication to Zeus by the Eleutherios : a cult founded after the Persian War...
(EleutheriosEleutherios- First name :It is also used as a first name in modern Greek :*Eleftherios Eleftheriou , Cypriot football midfielder...
): Two-aisled in the northwest corner of the Agora. - South Stoa I (of Athens)South Stoa I (of Athens)The South Stoa I of Athens was located on the south side of the Agora, in Athens, Greece, between the Heliaia and the Enneakrounos, southeastern fountain houses. It was built around 425 BC-400 BC...
: on the south side of the Agora, located between the Heliaia and the Enneakrounos. - South Stoa II: on the southern edge of the Agora, on the approximate location of the South Stoa I, between the Heliaia, and the Middle Stoa.
- Stoa of Artemis Brauronia: Stoa with wings; the south boundary of the Sanctuary of Artemis Brauronia, on the AcropolisAcropolisAcropolis means "high city" in Greek, literally city on the extremity and is usually translated into English as Citadel . For purposes of defense, early people naturally chose elevated ground to build a new settlement, frequently a hill with precipitous sides...
, southeast of the Propylaia, west of the Chalkotheke. - Middle Stoa: approximately in the middle of the Agora and dividing it into north and south areas.
- East stoa a small stoa in the south-east quadrant of the agora.
- Doric Stoa: near Theater of Dionysos in the Sanctuary of Dionysos Eleuthereus on the south slope of the Acropolis, sharing its north wall with the back wall of the stage building of the Theater of Dionysos.
DelosDelosThe island of Delos , isolated in the centre of the roughly circular ring of islands called the Cyclades, near Mykonos, is one of the most important mythological, historical and archaeological sites in Greece...
- South Stoa I: south of the Sanctuary of ApolloApolloApollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology...
and west of the Oblique Stoa and the L-shaped Stoa of the Agora of the Delians. - Stoa of Philip: Two-part south of the Sanctuary of Apollo, between the South Stoa and the harbour.
- Oblique Stoa: south of the Sanctuary of Apollo, south of the L-shaped Stoa of the Agora of the Delians.
- Stoa of Antigonos: Two-aisled the north boundary of the Sanctuary of Apollo.
- L-shaped Stoa of the Agora of the Delians: Stoa creating north and east sides of a court, south of the Sanctuary of Apollo.
- Stoa of the Naxians: L-shaped forming the southwest corner of the Sanctuary of Apollo.
- L-Shaped Stoa: L-shaped bounded the Sanctuary of ArtemisArtemisArtemis was one of the most widely venerated of the Ancient Greek deities. Her Roman equivalent is Diana. Some scholars believe that the name and indeed the goddess herself was originally pre-Greek. Homer refers to her as Artemis Agrotera, Potnia Theron: "Artemis of the wildland, Mistress of Animals"...
(Artemision) on the eastern side of the Sanctuary of Apollo.
DelphiDelphiDelphi is both an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis.In Greek mythology, Delphi was the site of the Delphic oracle, the most important oracle in the classical Greek world, and a major site for the worship of the god...
- Stoa of the Athenians: in the Sanctuary of Apollo, south of the Apollo Temple platform, with the southern, polygonal wall of the platform forming the north wall of the stoa.
- West Stoa: projecting from the west wall of the Sanctuary of Apollo, southwest of the Theater.
- Stoa of Attalos I: in the Sanctuary of Apollo, east of theater and northeast of the Temple of Apollo, intersecting and projecting east from the peribolos wall.
BrauronBrauronThe sanctuary of Artemis at Brauron is an early sacred site on the eastern coast of Attica near the Aegean Sea in a small inlet. The inlet has silted up since ancient times, pushing the current shoreline farther from the site...
- Stoa at Artemision: Three-sided surrounding the northern end of the Sanctuary of Artemis.
Eleusis
- Stoa of the Great Forecourt: L-shaped stoa with rooms; northeast of the Greater Propylon, outside the Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore, bounding east and west sides of a court.
Epidauros
- Stoa of Apollo Maleatas: on the north side of the Sanctuary of Apollo Maleatas.
OlympiaOlympia, GreeceOlympia , a sanctuary of ancient Greece in Elis, is known for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times, comparable in importance to the Pythian Games held in Delphi. Both games were held every Olympiad , the Olympic Games dating back possibly further than 776 BC...
- South Stoa: T-shaped the southern boundary of the Sanctuary of ZeusZeusIn the ancient Greek religion, Zeus was the "Father of Gods and men" who ruled the Olympians of Mount Olympus as a father ruled the family. He was the god of sky and thunder in Greek mythology. His Roman counterpart is Jupiter and his Etruscan counterpart is Tinia.Zeus was the child of Cronus...
(AltisAltisAltis was a location in what is today Peloponnese, Greece, on a little plain in the Elis Prefecture, on the right shore of the Alfeios River near the city of Pyrgos, around 18 kilometers away from the Ionian Sea and at the foot of Mount Cronion....
). - Echo Hall (Painted Stoa): on the east side of the Sanctuary of Zeus (Altis), forming an eastern boundary to the central sanctuary.
PrienePrienePriene was an ancient Greek city of Ionia at the base of an escarpment of Mycale, about north of the then course of the Maeander River, from today's Aydin, from today's Söke and from ancient Miletus...
- Sacred Stoa: Two-aisled stoa located in the north of the agora in the center of the city.
- Stoa of Athena Sanctuary: One-aisled stoa facing south, forming southern extremity of Sanctuary of AthenaAthenaIn Greek mythology, Athena, Athenê, or Athene , also referred to as Pallas Athena/Athene , is the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, warfare, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, justice, and skill. Minerva, Athena's Roman incarnation, embodies similar attributes. Athena is...
Polias.
SamosSamos IslandSamos is a Greek island in the eastern Aegean Sea, south of Chios, north of Patmos and the Dodecanese, and off the coast of Asia Minor, from which it is separated by the -wide Mycale Strait. It is also a separate regional unit of the North Aegean region, and the only municipality of the regional...
- South Stoa: South Stoa, SW of the main altar in Sanctuary of HeraHeraHera was the wife and one of three sisters of Zeus in the Olympian pantheon of Greek mythology and religion. Her chief function was as the goddess of women and marriage. Her counterpart in the religion of ancient Rome was Juno. The cow and the peacock were sacred to her...
, Samos . - North West Stoa: North West Stoa, NW of main altar and W of N gate at Sanctuary of Hera.
SounionSounionCape Sounion is a promontory located SSE of Athens, at the southernmost tip of the Attica peninsula in Greece.Cape Sounion is noted as the site of ruins of an ancient...
- West Hall: along western wall of the Sanctuary of PoseidonPoseidonPoseidon was the god of the sea, and, as "Earth-Shaker," of the earthquakes in Greek mythology. The name of the sea-god Nethuns in Etruscan was adopted in Latin for Neptune in Roman mythology: both were sea gods analogous to Poseidon...
, at a right angle and adjacent to the North Hall. - Sounion, North Hall: along the northern wall of the Sanctuary of Poseidon at the western end.
Thermon
- Middle Stoa: in the Sanctuary of Apollo Thermios, running north-south between the Temple of ApolloTemple of ApolloTemple of Apollo can refer to:*Greece**Temple of Apollo, Corinth**Temple of Apollo **Temple of Apollo at Bassae**Temple of Apollo Patroos*Cyprus**Temple of Apollo Hylates, Limassol*Italy**Temple of Apollo Palatinus, in Rome...
and the South Stoa. - South Stoa: on the south side of the Sanctuary of Apollo Thermios, parallel to the southern sanctuary wall.
- East Stoa: at the southeast corner of the Sanctuary of Apollo Thermios.