E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Porch (The).
A philosophic sect generally called Stoics (Greek, stoa, a porch), because Zeno, the founder, gave his lectures in the Athenian picture gallery, called the porch Pœ’cil.
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“The successors of Socrats formed societies which lasted several centuries; the Academy, the Porch, the Garden.”—Professor Seeley: Ecce Homo.
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