odeum
Americannoun
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odea
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a hall, theater, or other structure for musical or dramatic performances.
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(in ancient Greece and Rome) a roofed building for musical performances.
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Etymology
Origin of odeum
1595–1605; < ōdēum music hall < Greek ōideîon, equivalent to ōid ( ḗ ) song, ode + -eion suffix denoting place
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There is something bizarre in the two colors, fierce and pale, in the two sizes, huge and comparatively small, that are united in the odeum.
From The Near East Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople by Robert (Robert Smythe) Hichens
The odeum was much smaller than the theatre, and it was roofed over.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
In its general form and arrangements the odeum was very similar to the theatre.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
Between the precinct and the theatre was a large gymnasium, which was in later times converted to other purposes, a small odeum being built in the middle of it.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
Some way down the slope of the hill, between the cave-temple and the ravine of the Inopus, is a terrace with the temples of the foreign gods, Isis and Serapis, and a small odeum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
There were odea also in Rome; one was built by Domitian, and a second by Trajan.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
There were odea in several of the towns of Greece, in Corinth, Patræ, and at Smyrna, Ephesus and other places of Asia Minor.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines
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