ᾨδεῖον

Odeion, Odeon, Odeum

Translated by David Whitehead1 Jan 2004Vetting: high5 revisions

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[sc. It is to be found] at Athens [and functions] just like a theatre. They say that Pericles created it for musical displays; for because of this it was named Odeion, from an ode. A jurycourt is in it, that of the archon; and also barley used to be weighed out there.

Greek original · Adler’s text

ᾨδεῖον· Ἀθήνησιν ὥσπερ θέατρον, ὃ πεποίηκεν, ὥς φασι, Περικλῆς εἰς τὸ ἐπιδείκνυσθαι τοὺς μουσικούς· διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ᾠδεῖον ἐκλήθη, ἀπὸ τῆς ᾠδῆς. ἔστι δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ δικαστήριον τοῦ ἄρχοντος. διεμετρεῖτο δὲ καὶ ἄλφιτα ἐκεῖ.

Betacode
*)w|dei=on: *)aqh/nhsin w(/sper qe/atron, o(\ pepoi/hken, w(/s fasi, *periklh=s ei)s to\ e)pidei/knusqai tou\s mousikou/s: dia\ tou=to ga\r kai\ w)|dei=on e)klh/qh, a)po\ th=s w)|dh=s. e)/sti de\ e)n au)tw=| dikasth/rion tou= a)/rxontos. diemetrei=to de\ kai\ a)/lfita e)kei=.

Notes

  1. Same entry in Photius; similar ones elsewhere.
    The Odeion lay on the south-east slope of the Acropolis. See e.g. Plutarch, Life of Pericles 13.9 (with P.A. Stadter's commentary), and generally J.M. Hurwit, The Athenian Acropolis (Cambridge 1999) 216-217 and Appendix C, #19.

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Revision history5 revisions · last 30 Oct 2013
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. tweaks — David Whitehead
  3. added note — Catharine Roth
  4. adjusted tr — David Whitehead
  5. cosmetics, status — Catharine Roth
  6. Translated — David Whitehead

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