Definition of Stoas

1. stoa [n] - See also: stoa

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stoas

stiver
stivers
stives
stivier
stiviest
stiving
stivy
stns
stoa
stoae
stoai
stoak
stoaked
stoaking
stoaks
stoas (current term)
stoat
stoater
stoats
stob
stobbed
stobbing
stobilated
stobilating
stobs
stocah
stocahs
stoccade
stoccaded
stoccades

Literary usage of Stoas

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Kommos: A Minoan Harbor Town And Greek Sanctuary In Southern Crete by Joseph W. Shaw (2006)
"On the north and south there were colonnaded stoas facing out onto ... The circumstances surrounding the discovery of these two stoas, the first in 1980 and ..."

2. The Stoa of Attalos II in Athens by Homer A. Thompson (1992)
"... sheds: primitive stoas. 19. CHANNELING A COLUMN OF THE UPPER FRONT ORDER. In this series, in which the shaft was a single piece of marble, ..."

3. Octavian's Campsite Memorial for the Actian War by William Michael Murray (1989)
"the Greeks, who filled their porticos with all types of military armor and naval gear.111 As concerns naval dedications in stoas, the most famous example is ..."

4. Octavian's Campsite Memorial for the Actian War by William Michael Murray (1989)
"the Greeks, who filled their porticos with all types of military armor and naval gear.111 As concerns naval dedications in stoas, the most famous example is ..."

5. A History of Architecture by Fiske Kimball, George Harold Edgell (1918)
"stoas with a triple division, as in the temples, however, were not uncommon. ... In two-storied stoas, first built in the Hellenistic period, ..."

6. A History of Architecture by Fiske Kimball, George Harold Edgell (1918)
"stoas with a triple division, as in the temples, however, were not uncommon. ... In two-storied stoas, first built in the Hellenistic period, ..."

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