Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small building of ancient Greece and Rome used for public performances of music and poetry.
- noun A contemporary theater or concert hall.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anc. Gr. arch., one of a class of buildings akin to theaters, designed primarily for the public performance of musical contests of various kinds.
- noun Hence At the present day, a name sometimes given to a theater, or to a hall or other structure devoted to musical or dramatic representations.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
odeon .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
odeon .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Their work has produced, however, extraordinary discoveries, including a marble odeum, or small theater, of Roman Imperial date and a contemporary bath complex, both of which have no parallels at any other site in Egypt.
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In its general form and arrangements the odeum was very similar to the theatre.
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The odeum was much smaller than the theatre, and it was roofed over.
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A councillor then proposed that the convent of St. Cecilia, or the now deserted and dilapidated odeum should be given up to them; but Horapollo objected explaining very clearly that such a crowd of sick in the midst of the city would be highly dangerous to the healthy citizens.
Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works Georg Ebers 1867
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A councillor then proposed that the convent of St. Cecilia, or the now deserted and dilapidated odeum should be given up to them; but Horapollo objected explaining very clearly that such a crowd of sick in the midst of the city would be highly dangerous to the healthy citizens.
The Bride of the Nile — Volume 10 Georg Ebers 1867
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A councillor then proposed that the convent of St. Cecilia, or the now deserted and dilapidated odeum should be given up to them; but Horapollo objected explaining very clearly that such a crowd of sick in the midst of the city would be highly dangerous to the healthy citizens.
The Bride of the Nile — Volume 10 Georg Ebers 1867
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A councillor then proposed that the convent of St. Cecilia, or the now deserted and dilapidated odeum should be given up to them; but Horapollo objected explaining very clearly that such a crowd of sick in the midst of the city would be highly dangerous to the healthy citizens.
The Bride of the Nile — Volume 10 Georg Ebers 1867
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A councillor then proposed that the convent of St. Cecilia, or the now deserted and dilapidated odeum should be given up to them; but Horapollo objected explaining very clearly that such a crowd of sick in the midst of the city would be highly dangerous to the healthy citizens.
The Bride of the Nile — Complete Georg Ebers 1867
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We saw the odeum, a small theatre dating from AD150, which was used for musical performances and meetings of the town council.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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We saw the odeum, a small theatre dating from AD150, which was used for musical performances and meetings of the town council.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
Telofy commented on the word odeum
“The rain, which had already grown fitful, did not truly cease; but for a very short time the light of the waning moon (high overhead and, though hardly more than half full, very bright) fell upon the giant's courtyard just as the light from one of the largest luminaries in the odeum in the oneiric level of the House Absolute used to fall upon the stage.”
—Gene Wolfe, The Sword of the Lictor
January 1, 2011
rolig commented on the word odeum
This is the source of the name Odeon (Odéon), which was given to major theaters in Paris, Vienna, and other European capitals.
Not to be confused with odium!
January 1, 2011