Painted Colonnade

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Painted Colonnade is the English name for the Stoa Poikile, a famous painted portico in ancient Athens known for its decorated panels and association with early Stoic philosophers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek building ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
portico ⓘ
stoa ⓘ
associatedWithPhilosopher Zeno of Citium ⓘ
associatedWithPhilosophicalSchool Stoicism ⓘ
builtAfterEvent Persian Wars ⓘ
linked to: Greco-Persian Wars
constructionPeriod early 5th century BCE ⓘ
culturalSignificance important site for early Stoic philosophy ⓘ
symbol of Athenian civic identity ⓘ
currentCondition ruins ⓘ
decoratedWith battle scenes ⓘ
myths involving heroes ⓘ
scenes from Athenian history ⓘ
dedicatedTo public use by Athenians ⓘ
era Classical Athens ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Painted Porch ⓘ
Poikile Stoa ⓘ
linked to: Stoa Poikile
hasArchitecturalFeature colonnade ⓘ
painted panels ⓘ
rectangular plan ⓘ
hasDecorativeProgram historical paintings ⓘ
mythological paintings ⓘ
hasLanguageOfOriginalName Ancient Greek ⓘ
hasNameInGreek Stoa Poikile ⓘ
hasNotableRole meeting place for early Stoic philosophers ⓘ
prominent monument in the Athenian Agora ⓘ
influenced naming of Stoic philosophy ⓘ
locatedInArea Athenian Agora ⓘ
locatedInCity Athens ⓘ
locatedInCountry Greece ⓘ
locatedInRegion Attica ⓘ
locatedOnSideOfAgora north side of the Agora of Athens ⓘ
nameEtymology called "Painted" because of its painted panels ⓘ
partOf public buildings of the Athenian Agora ⓘ
subjectOf archaeological research ⓘ
classical scholarship ⓘ
timeOfUse Classical period of ancient Greece ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman period in Athens ⓘ
usedFor display of paintings ⓘ
philosophical teaching ⓘ
public gatherings ⓘ

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Stoa Poikile → hasTranslation → Painted Colonnade ⓘ