odeon

See also: Odeon and odéon

English

Alternative forms

• odeion, odeum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ᾠδεῖον (ōideîon), from ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈəʊdɪən/

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Noun

odeon (plural odea or odeons)

1. An ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and poetry.
   • 1986, John H. Humphrey, Roman Circuses: Arenas for Chariot Racing, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 3:

     The other building type similar to theatres, although smaller and generally roofed, was the odeon. Unlike theatres and amphitheatres, odea were not built in all of the larger Roman towns, although they became more common in the second century ad.

   • 2021, Luke Lavan, Public Space in the Late Antique City, Brill, →ISBN, page 310:

     However, the significance of this transformation should not be overstated: it was not converted in to a church until the 6th c., and political meetings are attested in the nearby odeon, from late acclamations. Sagalassos is in fact the only eastern bouleuterion to show decay in the 5th c. Other examples are known that are generically dated to Late Antiquity: from Aizanoi and Ptolemais, both with bouleuteria-odea converted to aquatic spectacles, from Selge, where the building was converted into a church, and from Seleuceia-Lyrbe, where the building seems to have been transformed into a row of shops.

   • 2023, Courtney J. P. Friesen, Acting Gods, Playing Heroes, and the Interaction between Judaism, Christianity, and Greek Drama in the Early Common Era, Routledge, →ISBN, page 30:

     Based on its small size, the excavators have suggested it may have been an odeon with a seating capacity of between 150 and 200 people; see Uziel, Lieberman, and Solomon (2019, 245–48). Odea were, initially at least, designed for small-scale concerts and recitals; but this distinction blurred over time and varied depending upon the size and resources of individual cities.

2. A theatre or concert hall.

Translations

ancient Greek or Roman building

• Bulgarian: одеон m (odeon)
• Catalan: odèon m
• Finnish: odeion (fi)
• French: odéon (fr) m
• Portuguese: odeão (pt) m, odeom (pt) m

modern theatre or concert hall

• Bulgarian: концертна зала f (koncertna zala)
• Finnish: konserttitalo
• Portuguese: odeão (pt) m, odeom (pt) m

Anagrams

• do one, doone

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French odéon.

Noun

odeon n (plural odeoane)

1. odeon

Declension

Declension of odeon

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) odeon	odeonul	(niște) odeoane	odeoanele
genitive/dative	(unui) odeon	odeonului	(unor) odeoane	odeoanelor
vocative	odeonule		odeoanelor