1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Stoa

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Stjernhjelm, Georg
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Volume 25
Stoa
Stobaeus, Joannes
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​STOA, the term in Greek architecture (Lat. porticus) given to a building, the roof of which is supported by one or more rows of columns, the stoai at Elis described by Pausanias being important examples.

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