porticoes's Usage Examples:

The agora is of unsymmetrical form; its sides are bordered by porticoes, interrupted by streets, like the primitive agora of Elis as described by Pausanias, and unlike the regular agoras of Ionic type.

Below the terrace was a precinct, surrounded by walls and flanked with porticoes and other buildings; it is over loo yds.

Most of these porticoes were of Roman period - the finest of them were erected, as we learn from inscriptions, by a lady named Epigone: one, which faced south, had a double colonnade, and was called the Bai-rn: close to it was a large exedra.

Recent excavations have revealed porticoes, a gateway and other buildings, and also the remains of several colossal early statues, the best preserved of which is now in the museum at Athens.

This is of great breadth, and had a Horologion half-way down and fine porticoes and shops.

The principal square is surrounded with pillared porticoes, and has a fountain in the centre; and along the river bank there runs a fine promenade, planted with poplar trees and adorned with statues.

(2) The Hellenistic Agora, a huge square, surrounded by porticoes, lying S.

After his death (337) a splendid monument, with porticoes and gymnasia surrounding it, known as the Timoleonteum, was raised at the public cost to his honour.

How long shall we sit in our porticoes practising idle and musty virtues, which any work would make impertinent?Adjoining Moorfields were Finsbury Fields, a favourite practising ground for the archers.

The site has been excavated by the Greek Archaeological Society; it contained a temple, a sacred spring, into which coins were thrown by worshippers, altars and porticoes, and a small theatre, of which the proscenium is well preserved.

In front of the porticoes are rows of pedestals, which once bore statues and other dedications.

How long shall we sit in our porticoes practising idle and musty virtues, which any work would make impertinent?He breathed deeply, not realizing how musty the underground world was until he breathed fresh air.