Ὠιδεῖον,τό,
A. the Odeum,a public building at Athens built by Periclesfor musical performances(ᾠδαί), having an orchestra, And. 1.38 , IG 22.1688.3 , 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. 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 othermusic-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.
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(Palestine).