单词 | stoa |
释义 | stoan. Ancient Greek History. A portico, roofed colonnade; spec. the great hall at Athens (adorned with frescoes of the battle of Marathon), in which Zeno lectured, and from which his disciples were called Stoics; by Milton called ‘the painted Stoa’ (transl. of Greek ἡ στοὰ ἡ ποικίλη: see Poecile n.). ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > [noun] > educational institution > in ancient Greece schoolOE academya1382 academia1542 lyceum1579 garden1603 stoa1603 Athenaeum1728 Academe1751 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > Stoicism > hall in which Zeno lectured stoa1603 society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > path or place for walking > [noun] > ambulatory > portico or arcade alurec1325 alley1363 gallerya1500 aluring1501 cloisterc1540 pawn1548 stoa1603 portico1607 row1610 porticus1617 corridor1620 piazza1642 xystus1664 arcade1731 veranda1873 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 279 Call to minde..the..famous Philosophers, either in Lycæum or the Academie: go to the gallerie Stoa [etc.]. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 250 His who bred Great Alexander to subdue the world, Lyceum there, and painted Stoa next. View more context for this quotation 1775 R. Chandler Trav. Asia Minor xviii. 59 Large quadrangular stoas or porticoes. 1842 W. C. Taylor Student's Man. Anc. Hist. (ed. 3) ix. §3. 230 At the east were erected two splendid stoai, or porticoes. 1898 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 359 Temples and stoas were still standing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1603 |
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