Diphros (Greek: Δίφρος) was an Ancient Greek stool without back and with four turned legs. The Ancient Greek language is the historical stage in the development of the Hellenic language family spanning the Archaic (c The term ancient Greece refers to the period of Greek history lasting from the Greek Dark Ages ca It was easily transportable and so in common use. Gods are shown sitting on diphroi on the Parthenon frieze; women used them in their home,Oikos. The Parthenon ( Ancient Greek:) is a temple of the Greek goddess Athena, built in the 5th century BC on the Athenian Acropolis This article is about ancient Greek households For the ecology journal see Oikos (journal. The foldable diphros was called δίφρος ὀκλαδίας diphros okladias. Diphros was also called the saddle of chariot-board, on which two could stand, the driver ἡνίοχος heniochos and the combatant παραιβάτης paraibatês. The chariot is the earliest and simplest type of Carriage, used in both peace and war as the chief vehicle of many ancient peoples
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- A Handbook of Greek Art[1] by Gisela M. A. Richter
- Hesperia[2] by American School of Classical Studies at Athens
- Diphros (furniture)[3] Encyclopædia Britannica
- Furniture of Ancient Greece[4] by A. The Encyclopædia Britannica is a general English-language encyclopaedia published by Encyclopædia Britannica Inc Whitham
- Daidalos and the Origins of Greek Art[5] by Sarah P. Morris
- Diphros in Google Images
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