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|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">the Odeum</b>, a public building at Athens built by Pericles <b class="b2">for musical performances</b> (ᾠδαί), having an orchestra, <span class="bibl">And. 1.38</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1688.3, <span class="bibl">Eup.18D.</span>; and other apparatus of a theatre, <span class="bibl">Paus. 1.8.6</span>, <span class="bibl">1.14.1</span>; used as a law-court, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1109</span> (troch., cf. Sch.), <span class="bibl">D.59.52</span>; for philos. disputations, <span class="bibl">Alex.25.2</span>, <span class="bibl">D.L.7.184</span>, Plu.2.605a; for soldiers' quarters, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.4.9</span>,<span class="bibl">24</span>; as a place for distributing corn, <span class="bibl">D.34.37</span>: it seems to have been circular, with a peaked roof, whence the line of <span class="bibl">Cratin.71</span>, <b class="b3">ὁ σχινοκέφαλος Ζεὺς ὁδὶ προσέρχεται ὁ Περικλέης, τᾠδεῖον ἐπὶ τοῦ κρανίου ἔχων</b>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>13</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">Char.</span>3.4</span>: rebuilt, after having been burnt, by Ariobarzanes, <span class="bibl">App. <span class="title">Mith.</span>38</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of other <b class="b2">music-halls</b>, as that at Athens, built by Herodes Atticus, <span class="bibl">Paus.7.20.6</span>; at Corinth, <span class="bibl">Id.2.3.6</span>; at Patrae, <span class="bibl">Id.7.20.6</span>; at Patara, <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>412; at Samos, <span class="title">GDI</span>5702.41 (iv B. C.); at Rome, built by Hadrian, <span class="bibl">D.C.69.4</span>; θεατροειδὲς ᾠ. <span class="title">CIG</span>4614 (Palestine).</span>