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ᾨδεῖον

ᾨδεῖον, the Odeum

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τᾠδεῖον neuter nominative singular, neuter vocative singular, neuter accusative singular of ᾨδεῖον

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ᾨδεῖον, τό,
  • the Odeum, a public building at Athens built by Pericles for musical performances (ᾠδαί), having an orchestra, And. 1.38, IG 2(2).1688.3, Eup. 18D.; and other apparatus of a theatre, Paus. 1.8.6, 1.14.1; used as a law-court, Ar. V. 1109 (troch., cf. Sch.), D. 59.52; for philos. disputations, Alex. 25.2, D.L. 7.184, Plu. Exil. 2.605a; for soldiers’ quarters, X. HG 2.4.9, 24; as a place for distributing corn, D. 34.37: it seems to have been circular, with a peaked roof, whence the line of Cratin. 71, ὁ σχινοκέφαλος Ζεὺς ὁδὶ προσέρχεται ὁ Περικλέης, τᾠδεῖον ἐπὶ τοῦ κρανίου ἔχων, cf. Plu. Per. 13, Thphr. Char. 3.4: rebuilt, after having been burnt, by Ariobarzanes, App. Mith. 38.
      • 2 of other music-halls, as that at Athens, built by Herodes Atticus, Paus. 7.20.6; at Corinth, Id. 2.3.6; at Patrae, Id. 7.20.6; at Patara, Epigr.Gr. 412; at Samos, GDI 5702.41 (iv B. C.); at Rome, built by Hadrian, D.C. 69.4; θεατροειδὲς ᾠ. CIG 4614 (Palestine).

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