ᾠδεῖον
ἀνδρῶν γὰρ ἐπιφανῶν πᾶσα γῆ τάφος → for illustrious men have the whole earth for their tomb, for heroes have the whole earth for their tomb, the whole earth is the tomb of famous men
English (LSJ)
τό, the Odeum, a public building at Athens built by Pericles for musical performances (< ᾠδαί), having an orchestra, And. 1.38, IG2². 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, DL. 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. of other music-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 BC); at Rome, built by Hadrian, DC. 69.4; θεατροειδὲς ᾠ. CIG 4614 (Palestine).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1407] τό, Ort zum Singen, ein öffentliches Gebäude in Athen, das eigtl. zu musikalischen Aufführungen bestimmt war, aber auch zu Volksversammlungen und als Gerichtshof diente; Ar. Vesp. 1109; Xen. Hell. 2, 4,6. 15; Dem. 59, 52; Andoc. 1, 38.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
ᾠδεῖον: тж. Ὠιδεῖον τό ᾠδή Одеон (здание, построенное при Перикле в Афинах для музыкальных состязаний, но впосл. служившее и для других общественных целей) Arph., Dem., Plut.
Middle Liddell
ᾠδεῖον, ου, τό,
the Odeum, a public building, erected by Pericles for musical performances, also used as a lawcourt, Ar., Plut. [from ᾠδή]
