Megaron
The megaron is the "great hall" of Minoan-Mycenaean culture, a rectangular hall, fronted by an open, two-columned porch and a more or less central hearth traditional in Greece since Mycenaean times.
A famous megaron is in the large reception hall of the king in the palace of Tiryns, the main room of which had a throne placed against the right wall and a central hearth bordered by four Minoan-style wooden columns that served as supports for the roof.
The megaron of Odysseus is well described in the Odyssey.
References
- Biers, William R. 1987. The Archaeology of Greece: An Introduction. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press)
- Klein, Christopher P. (Editor in Chief) Gardner's Art Through the Ages. Tenth edition. Harcourt Brace (1996). ISBN 0155011413
- Vermeule, Emily, 1972. Greece in the Bronze Age (Chicago: University of Chicago Press).