Triclinium
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A triclinium is a formal dining room in a Roman building. The word is adopted from the Greek triklinion —from tri-, "three", and klinē, a sort of couch, or rather chaise longue. Each couch was sized t
Reproduction of a triclinium
A reproduction of a biclinium
Klinē
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Klinai, known in Latin as lectus triclinaris, were a type of ancient furniture used by the ancient Greeks in their symposia and by the ancient Romans in their somewhat different convivia.
Triclinium
…multiple courses brought from the culina, or kitchen, and others entertained guests with music, song, or dance. The triclinium was characterized by three lecti (singular lectus: bed or couch), called triclinares ("of the triclinium"), on three sides of a low square table, whose surfaces sloped away from the…
Votive relief showing a funerary banquet, 5th century BC. The dead man is shown as a heroized man lying on a klinē. On display in Room 19–20 of the National Archaeological Museum, Athens.