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odeum, odeon
odeum, Athens
A small ancient Greek or Roman theater, usually roofed, for musical performances.
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There was the Odeon quite near them, and Philip soon shared his friend's passion for the tragedians of Louis XIV and the sonorous Alexandrine.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Quaint enough, but certainly no instance of anybody's wit, is the account of how a French translation of a play of Vanbrugh--not architect of Blenheim only, but accomplished in many other ways--appeared at the Odeon, in 1862, with all fitting raptures, as a posthumous work of Voltaire recently discovered.
The Guardian by Pater, Walter Horatio View in context
 
 
 
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