Diphros (

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: Δίφρος) was an

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic pe ...

stool without back and with four turned legs. It was easily transportable and so in common use. Gods are shown sitting on diphroi on the

Parthenon The Parthenon (; grc, Παρθενών, , ; ell, Παρθενώνας, , ) is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, that was dedicated to the goddess Athena during the fifth century BC. Its decorative sculptures are considere ...

frieze; women used them in their home. The foldable diphros was called δίφρος ὀκλαδίας ''diphros okladias''. Diphros was also called the saddle of

chariot A chariot is a type of cart driven by a charioteer, usually using horses to provide rapid motive power. The oldest known chariots have been found in burials of the Sintashta culture in modern-day Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, dated to c. 2000&n ...

-board, on which two could stand, the driver ἡνίοχος ''heniochos'' and the combatant παραιβάτης ''paraibatês''. These objects are only part of the larger body of

ancient furniture Ancient furniture was made of many different materials, including reeds, wood, stone, metals, straws, and ivory. It could also be decorated in many different ways. Sometimes furniture would be covered with upholstery, upholstery being padding, ...

attested to in texts and images.

References

*A Handbook of Greek Ar

by Gisela M. A. Richter *Hesperi

by American School of Classical Studies at Athens *Diphros (furnitur

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*Furniture of Ancient Greec

by A. Whitham *Daidalos and the Origins of Greek Ar

by Sarah P. Morris
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in Google Images Ancient Greek culture Chairs