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Odeon

Odeon \O*de"on\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?: cf. F. od['e]on. See Ode.] A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
odeon

1902, from Greek oideion "building for musical performance."

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odeon

n. 1 An ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and poetry. 2 A modern theatre or concert hall.

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Odéon (Paris Métro)

Odéon is a station on lines 4 and 10 of the Paris Métro in the 6th arrondissement in the heart of the Left Bank.

The station was opened on 9 January 1910 as part of the connecting section of the line under the Seine between Châtelet and Raspail. The line 10 platforms opened on 14 April 1926 as part of the line's extension from Mabillon. It was the eastern terminus of the line until its extension to Place d'Italie (now on line 7) on 15 February 1930. Named after the nearby Odéon theatre, the station is located under the Carrefour de l'Odéon, in the 6th arrondissement of Paris. The platforms on Line 4 were opened on 9 January 1910 and the platforms on Line 10 were opened on 14 February 1926.

The Luxembourg Palace is nearby.

Odeon

Odea, Odeon, or Odeum may refer to:

  • Odeon (building), ancient Greek and Roman buildings built for singing exercises, musical shows and poetry competitions
Odeon (building)

Odeon is the name for several ancient Greek and Roman buildings built for music: singing exercises, musical shows, poetry competitions, and the like. The word comes from the Ancient Greek ᾨδεῖον, Ōideion, literally "singing place", or "building for musical competitions"; from the verb ἀείδω, aeidō, "I sing", which is also the root of ᾠδή, ōidē, " ode", and of ἀοιδός, aoidos, "singer".

Odeon (Munich)

The Odeon is a former concert hall in the Odeonsplatz in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, which is named after it. Built in the early 19th century to a design by Leo von Klenze and forming a counterpoint to the externally identical Palais Leuchtenberg, it was rebuilt after being almost totally destroyed in World War II and now houses the Bavarian Ministry of the Interior.

Odeon (album)

Odeon is the sixth studio album and second concept album by Tosca released under Studio !K7.

Usage examples of "odeon".

I had been to the Muswell Hill Odeon after the meeting at which Sydney Pollitter had performed his delicate manoeuvre, and I woke up with a dark head beside me on the pillow, which may have helped to explain my alarming absence of doubt.

We cooked and shopped together, went out to the Odeon or drank in the Mummery bar but our relationship was a curious one.

I remember seeing Paul Mounet interpret the part of Remy admirably at the Odeon Theatre.

Holmes made it to the Odeon with more than enough time to deliver a roundly well-received lecture.

A new project long occupied me, and has not ceased to do so, namely, the construction of the Odeon, a model library provided with halls for courses and lectures to serve as a center of Greek culture in Rome.

First they saw a film on the huge screen of the Odeon, Leicester Square.

And it came to him then, as clearly and as certainly as if he had been watching it on the big screen at the Odeon, Leicester Square: the rest of his life.

K at the Blackbury Odeon was showing a 24-hour, non-stop Halloween Special, but people kept coming out.

Enter, and for the small sum of ten sous you shall hear sobs such as the Odeon never echoed in its halcyon days.

He was near the Odeon theatre, when a thought quicker than a flash of lightning lit up the darkness of his brain.

I less old and more privileged, I would have risen in my seat at the Odeon and scandalized all Athens by answering him.

I knew by her looks that she had a heart and a brain, and that neither of them was in the Odeon or the Tontine dance-houses.

Odeon, recently thrown together in record time by order of Pericles, who paid for it with money that had been collected from all the Greek cities for their common defense.

They had fitted him out with a new radiation suit, loaded its pockets with beer and ciggies, made profuse their apologies for the little mis­understanding and finally flown him home to Odeon Towers.

Indeed, I have seen her on a still Sunday morning, when I have been sitting there waiting for the English ceremony of praying for Queen Victoria and Albert Edward to begin in the Odeon, sit for an hour, and cut up bread for her little brown flock.