odeion

Alternative form of odeon.

Noun

  1. Alternative form of odeon.
    • Though poverty lurked in tenements and alleys, joviality flourished in taverns, foodstalls, bawdyhouses, odeions, the homes of the well-to-do. - 1987, Poul Anderson, Karen Anderson, The King of Ys, volume 1 (Roma Mater;...
    • As we have seen, Roman sponsorship of chairs of rhetoric and cultural buildings—such as theatres, odeions, and libraries—is well documented from the Republic through the reign of Hadrian, revealing sustained support for...
    • Correspondingly, statues of Apollo and the Muses are placed in theatres and odeions. - 2011, Th[eodosia] Stefanidou-Tiveriou, “Art in the Roman Period, 168 bc–337 ad”, in Robin J[ames] Lane Fox, editor, Brill’s...

Origin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾠδεῖον (ōideîon).

Forms

odeia odeions