See also:

• ODEUM (Gr. Odeion)

ODEUM (Gr. Odeion)  , the name given to a See also:

• CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall in See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• GREECE

Greece.- In a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general way its construction was similar to that of a See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, but it was only a See also:

• QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

quarter of the See also:

• SIZE

size and was provided with a roof for acoustic purposes, a characteristic difference . The See also:

• OLDEST

oldest known See also:

• ODEUM (Gr. Odeion)

Odeum in Greece was the Skias at See also:

• SPARTA (Gr. Eirapril or AaKe5atycav)

Sparta, so called from its resemblance to the See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top of a See also:

• PARASOL (Fr., from Ital. parasole: parare, to shield, and sole, sun)

parasol, said to have been erected by See also:

• THEODORUS, FLAVIUS MALLIUS

Theodorus of See also:

• SAMOS

Samos (600 B.c.); in See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens an Odeum near the See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring Enneacrunus on the Ilissus was referred to the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of See also:

• PEISISTRATUS, (605?–527 B.c.)

Peisistratus, and appears to have been rebuilt or restored by See also:

• LYCURGUS
• LYCURGUS (c. 396–325 B.C.)
• LYCURGUS (Gr. AvKofpyor)

Lycurgus (c . 330-B.c.) . This is probably the See also:

• BUILDING

building which, according to See also:

• ARISTOPHANES
• ARISTOPHANES (c. 448–385 B.e.1)

Aristophanes (Wasps, 1109), was used for judicial purposes, for the See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution of See also:

• CORN (a common Teutonic word; cf. Lat. granum, seed, grain)
• CORN (fromm Lat. corms, horn)

corn, and even for the See also:

• BILLETING

billeting of soldiers . The building which served as a See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model for later similar constructions was the Odeum of See also:

• PERICLES (49o-429 B.C.)

Pericles (completed c . 445) on the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastern slope of the See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock of the See also:

• ACROPOLIS (Gr. aKpos, top, a6)Xts, city)

Acropolis, whose conical roof, a supposed See also:

• IMITATION (Lat. imitatio, from intitari, to imitate)

imitation of the See also:

• TENT

tent of See also:

• XERXES (the Greek form of the Pers. Khshayarsha; Old Testament Ahasverus, Akhashverosh—i.e. Ahasuerus (q.v.)—with wrong vocalization and substitution of y for v, instead of Akhshavarsh; in Aramaic inscriptions and papyri from Egypt the name is written Khs

Xerxes, was made of the masts of captured See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian See also:

• SHIPS

ships . It was destroyed by Aristion, the so-called See also:

• TYRANT (Gr. r6pavvos, master, ruler)

tyrant of Athens, at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of the rising against See also:

• SULLA, LUCIUS CORNELIUS (138–78 B.C.)

Sulla (87), and rebuilt by See also:

• ARIOBARZANES

Ariobarzanes II., See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• CAPPADOCIA

Cappadocia (See also:

• APPIAN (Gr. 'Aairtavbs)

Appian, Mithrid . 38) . The most magnificent example of its See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind, however, was the Odeum built on the south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west cliff of the Acropolis at Athens about A.D . 16o by the wealthy sophist and rhetorician Herodes See also:

• ATTICUS, TITUS POMPONIUS (109–32 B.c.)

Atticus in memory of his wife, considerable remains of which are still to be seen . It had See also:

• ACCOMMODATION (Lat. accommodare, to make fit, from ad, to, cum, with, and modus, measure)

accommodation for 8000 persons, and the See also:

• CEILING (from a verb " to ceil," i.e. to line or cover; of disputed etymology, but apparently connected with Fr. ciel, Lat. caelum, sky)

ceiling was constructed of beautifully carved beams of See also:

• CEDAR (Lat. cedrus, Gr. iapos)

cedar See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood, probably with an open space in the centre to admit the See also:

• LIGHT

light . It vas also profusely decorated with pictures and other See also:

• WORKS

works of See also:

• ART

art .

Similar buildings also existed in other parts of Greece; at See also:

• CORINTH
• CORINTH, ISTHMUS OF

Corinth, also the See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of Herodes Atticus; at Patrae, where there was a famous statue of See also:

• APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

Apollo; at See also:

• SMYRNA (Ismir)

Smyrna, See also:

• TRALLES (mod. Giizel Hisser)

Tralles, and other towns in See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor . The first Odeum in See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome was built by See also:

• DOMITIAN (Thus FLAVIUS DOMITIANUS)

Domitian, a second by See also:

• TRAJAN [MARCUS ULPIUS TRAJANUS] (A. D. 53-117)

Trajan .