Stoa Poikile
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Creators: Chris de Lisle
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Scott Smith, Anika Campbell, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
May 05, 2026 10:28 PM
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History
The Stoa Poikile or Painted Stoa, named for a set of paintings inside depicting Athenian military victories, was located in the northwest corner of the Agora of Athens and was the namesake of the Stoic philosophical school. It was built around 460 BC and remained in use until it was spoliated in the sixth century AD. Archaeological excavation has uncovered the western and eastern ends of the building.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/143098101
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- Representative Locations:
- ToposText Location: Stoa Poikile (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- OSM Location: Archaeological site (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Painted Stoa (English, modern)
- Πεισιανάκτειος στοά (Peisianákteios stoá: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - 330 BC)
- Poecile porticus (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Stoa Poikile (English, modern)
- ἡ ποικίλη στοά (hē poikíle stoá: Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 640)
- Stoa Poikile located in Agora of Athens (550 BC - AD 640)
- Stoa Poikile next place in route Sanctuary of Aphrodite Ourania (30 BC - AD 300)
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stoa, archaeological site
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Chris de Lisle, Brady Kiesling, R. Scott Smith, Anika Campbell, Jeffrey Becker, Greta Hawes, and Tom Elliott, 'Stoa Poikile: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/143098101> [accessed: 11 September 2026]
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