Context: | Athens |
Type: | Stoa |
Summary: | Two-aisled stoa; on the north side of the Agora |
Date: | ca. 475 BC - 450 BC |
Dimensions: | 12.5 m wide, length ca. 36 m (total length unexcavated). |
Region: | Attica |
Period: | Early Classical |
Plan:
Doric outer colonnade and an Ionic inner colonnade, opening south.
History:
The building was originally known as the Peisianaktios, from its builder Peisianax. The name Poikile (Painted) is derived from its famous murals painted by artists such as Polygnotos.
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