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See also:ODEUM (Gr. Odeion) , the name given to a See also:concert See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall in See also:ancient See also:Greece.- In a See also:general way its construction was similar to that of a See also:theatre, but it was only a See also:quarter of the See also:size and was provided with a roof for acoustic purposes, a characteristic difference. The See also:oldest known Odeum in Greece was the Skias at See also:Sparta, so called from its resemblance to the See also:top of a See also:parasol, said to have been erected by See also:Theodorus of See also:Samos (600 B.c.); in See also:Athens an Odeum near the See also:spring Enneacrunus on the Ilissus was referred to the See also:age of See also:Peisistratus, and appears to have been rebuilt or restored by See also:Lycurgus (c. 330-B.c.). This is probably the See also:building which, according to See also:Aristophanes (Wasps, 1109), was used for judicial purposes, for the See also:distribution of See also:corn, and even for the See also:billeting of soldiers. The building which served as a See also:model for later similar constructions was the Odeum of See also:Pericles (completed c. 445) on the See also:south-eastern slope of the See also:rock of the See also:Acropolis, whose conical roof, a supposed See also:imitation of the See also:tent of See also:Xerxes, was made of the masts of captured See also:Persian See also:ships. It was destroyed by Aristion, the so-called See also:tyrant of Athens, at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of the rising against See also:Sulla (87), and rebuilt by See also:Ariobarzanes II., See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Cappadocia (See also:Appian, Mithrid. 38). The most magnificent example of its See also:kind, however, was the Odeum built on the south-See also:west cliff of the Acropolis at Athens about A.D. 16o by the wealthy sophist and rhetorician Herodes See also:Atticus in memory of his wife, considerable remains of which are still to be seen. It had See also:accommodation for 8000 persons, and the See also:ceiling was constructed of beautifully carved beams of See also:cedar See also:wood, probably with an open space in the centre to admit the See also:light. It vas also profusely decorated with pictures and other See also:works of See also:art. Similar buildings also existed in other parts of Greece; at See also:Corinth, also the See also:gift of Herodes Atticus; at Patrae, where there was a famous statue of See also:Apollo; at See also:Smyrna, See also:Tralles, and other towns in See also:Asia See also:Minor. The first Odeum in See also:Rome was built by See also:Domitian, a second by See also:Trajan.
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