odeum
Americannoun
plural
odea-
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.
noun
Etymology
Origin of odeum
1595–1605; < ōdēum music hall < Greek ōideîon, equivalent to ōid ( ḗ ) song, ode + -eion suffix denoting place
Example Sentences
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They stepped in; there reared itself around them a holy, simple, free world-structure with its heavenly arches soaring and striving upward, an odeum of the tones of the sphere-music, a world in the world!
From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul
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
In its general form and arrangements the odeum was very similar to the theatre.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
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 Hichens, Robert (Robert Smythe)
The odeum was much smaller than the theatre, and it was roofed over.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
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