Definition of "odeum" [‖O•de•um]

• A small building of ancient Greece and Rome used for public performances of music and poetry. (noun)
• A contemporary theater or concert hall. (noun)

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• "Their work has produced, however, extraordinary discoveries, including a marble odeum, or small theater, of Roman Imperial date and a contemporary bath complex, both of which have no parallels at any other site in Egypt."
• "In its general form and arrangements the odeum was very similar to the theatre."
• "The odeum was much smaller than the theatre, and it was roofed over."