odeum

A small building of ancient Greece and Rome used for public performances of music and poetry.

A contemporary theater or concert hall.

In anc. Gr. arch., one of a class of buildings akin to theaters, designed primarily for the public performance of musical contests of various kinds.

Hence At the present day, a name sometimes given to a theater, or to a hall or other structure devoted to musical or dramatic representations.

See odeon.

Alternative form of odeon.