: an ancient Greek portico usually walled at the back with a front colonnade designed to afford a sheltered promenade
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Its name is actually derived from the Greek stoa, meaning porch, because that’s where Zeon first taught his students.
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Brent Gleeson, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
Its founders met around 300 BC in Athens to talk philosophy under a shady portico called a stoa.
—Gregory Hays, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021
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Brent Gleeson, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
Its founders met around 300 BC in Athens to talk philosophy under a shady portico called a stoa.
—Gregory Hays, The New York Review of Books, 11 Mar. 2021
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“Stoa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stoa. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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