Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
odeum .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An ancient Greek or Roman
building used for performances ofmusic andpoetry . - noun A modern
theatre orconcert hall .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Its true that the multiplex are not entirely honest about the size of the screen, the website for the greenwich odeon describes their imax screen as being the same as the 'real' imax in waterloo.
Why You Probably Shouldn’t Waste $5 More For Digital IMAX | /Film 2009
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Comments movie came out in UK back in may/june 2009, i went to see it at my local odeon cinema.
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Posted in alcohol at the movies, beer and popcorn, cineplex odeon.
Beer And Popcorn Crowd Not Just For Liberals « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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Posted in alcohol at the movies, beer and popcorn, cineplex odeon.
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Once awake, a person in Libya is not confused about whether his dreams of Athens or his waking experiences are true; he does not start out for the odeon.
Aristotle on Non-contradiction Gottlieb, Paula 2007
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The ruins of Cibyra are near Horzoum, a village in the vilayet of Koniah, where the ancient theatre, odeon, stadium etc., are still to be seen.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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The odeon differed from the theatre principally in being smaller and entirely covered in by a wooden roof.
A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised 1890
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In the Aristotelian odeon, the hero's fall is greased by hamartia.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Michael Posner 2011
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Also in this area near the theatre was a bouleuterion (city council building, with odeon), some mostly ruined temples, an overgrown agora, an 'unidentified building', and five cisterns carved deep into the mountain
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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The name Nickelodeon was based on the cost of admission to the theater, a nickel, and the Greek word for theater, "odeon."
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