θάλαμος .θάλᾶμος, ὁ, an inner room or chamber: generally, the womenʼs apartment, inner part of the house, Hom., Hdt. a chamber in this part of the house: a bed-room, Il.:— the bride-chamber, Il., Soph., etc. a store-room, Hom., Xen. generally, a chamber, room, Od. metaph., ὁ παγκοίτας θ. of the grave, Soph.; τυμβήρης θ. of the ark of Danae, Soph.; θάλαμοι ὑπὸ γῆς the realms below, Aesch.; θ. Ἀμφιτρίτης of the sea, Soph.; ἀρνῶν θ. their folds or pens, Eur., etc. the lowest part of the ship, in which the θαλαμῖται sat, the hold. a shrine, temple, Anth.