Diphros

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Diphros (Greek: Δίφρος) was an Ancient Greek 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 frieze; women used them in their home,Oikos.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.

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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. Whitham
• Daidalos and the Origins of Greek Art[5] by Sarah P. Morris

• Diphros in Google Images