Stoa Poikile

Plan of the Agora at the end of the Classical Period (ca. 300 BC); the Stoa Poikiles is number 11.
Plan of the Ancient Agora of Athens in the Roman Imperial period (ca. 150 AD).

The Stoa Poikile (Ancient Greek: ἡ ποικίλη στοά, hē poikílē stoá) or Painted Portico was a Doric stoa (a covered walkway or portico) erected around 460 BC on the north side of the Ancient Agora of Athens. It was one of the most famous sites in ancient Athens, owing its fame to the paintings and war-booty displayed within it and to its association with ancient Greek philosophy, especially Stoicism.