PORCH, THE

PORCH, THE
   the name given to the school of ZENO (q.v.), so called from the Arcade in Athens, in which he taught his philosophy, a "many-coloured portico," as decorated with the paintings of POLYGNOTUS (q.v.).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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