A picture of the Painted Stoa
The Painted Stoa
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picture of the Painted Stoa
The Painted Stoa was built around 475-450 BC. It is a very long decorated building with wooden panels painted by the greats of the 5th century. The Spartan Shields that were captured at Pylos in about 425 BC were also displayed here. It was also used as a gallery for art and public monuments as well as a place for religious gatherings. http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/dunkle/athnlife/poikile.htm
Spartan shield taken as spoils by the Athenians at Pylos about 425 BC
The Stoa was also a common place for meetings and shelter. Written sources have included sword-sallowers, jugglers, beggars and fishmongers as had meetings at the Stoa. Lectures were held at the base of the Stoa and that is where Stoicism was born. Stoicism was founded around 300 BC. It was also used as a gallery for art and public monuments. The paintings would be done on large wooden panels (sanides) by the outstanding artists of Greece It was located across the Panathenaic Way from the Royal Stoa on the north side of the Agora.
http://tantalos.perseus.tufts.edu/~hartzler/agora/site/guide/35.html
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~loxias/stoapoikile.htm
Created by:
Julia Carroll
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Alisa Santiago
