Odeon (building)

The Odeon (Latin odeum, Greek ᾠδεῖον ), also Odeion, in ancient times was a building that was used for performances and competitions in vocal and instrumental music, as well as recitation lectures and council meetings. Mostly it was circular in shape and differed from the theater by the fact that it was covered.

The oldest known building of this kind was the Skias BC built in the 7th or 6th century market of Sparta by the architect Theodorus. In Athens, Pericles was 447 BC an Odeon building on the southeastern slope of the Acropolis, the BC 86 demolished, but was soon rebuilt. A second Odeon at Athens market received well by Marcus Agrippa Vipsanius, a third by Herodes Atticus at the southwest slope of the castle (see Odeon of Herodes Atticus ).

In addition, such structures in Ephesus, Corinth, Patras and other Greek cities are known.

In Rome they built a Odeum during the imperial period under Domitian. Even in Roman provinces, such as in Hippos in Palestine existed such structures.

In modern times, one designated by Odeon larger, music, theater and dance dedicated to buildings, such as the Odeon in Munich Odeon in Vienna (2nd district) or the Théâtre National de l' Odéon in Paris.

The name, then went to the early show-rooms for cinematographic films, please refer to Nickelodeon.