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odeum

[ oh-dee-uhm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural o·de·a [oh-, dee, -, uh].

odeum

/ ˈəʊdɪəm /

(esp in ancient Greece and Rome) a building for musical performances Also calledodeon

Origin of odeum¹

1595–1605; < ōdēum music hall < Greek ōideîon, equivalent to ōid ( ḗ ) song, ode + -eion suffix denoting place

Origin of odeum¹

C17: from Latin, from Greek ōideion, from ōidē ode

I will repair the old Odeum—they have made a cowhouse of it—and when we sing there the monks may come and listen!

Another proposes that the palace shall be built on the side of the Acropolis towards the sea, near the Odeum.

The Odeum of Regilla stands at the foot of the rock of the Acropolis.

Again sweet voices chimed pleasantly, and the softest Ionian cadences floated out from the roofless Odeum.

Until he reached well into the city near the Odeum, he had little opposition, but there the troops questioned him.

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