Ode (ᾠδὴ, a song). A short lyrical poem, intended to be sung to the accompaniment of an instrument, especially the lyre; hence the expression lyric poetry.
Fig. 496. Ground-plan of the Odeon at Athens.
Odeon (ᾠδεῖον; ᾠδὴ, a song). A small theatre at Athens, built by Pericles for musical performances. By analogy, the name was applied to any theatre built on a circular plan and covered with a roof, like that of Athens, shown in Fig. [496].
Fig. 497. Ground-plan of a Greek house.
Œcos, Œcus, Gr. (οἶκος). A Greek house; the term, however, denoted rather a large apartment resembling the atrium, but entirely shut in, that is to say, without impluvium. In Fig. [497], A is the œcus; B, C, two rooms forming offices; D, a tablinum; E, a portico; G, the entrance to the house; H, work-rooms; J, the triclinium. Œcus tetrastylos was a house in which four columns supported the roof; œcus Corinthius, having one order of columns supporting an architrave, cornice, and an arched roof; œcus Egyptius, in which the pillars supported a gallery with a paved floor, forming a walk round the apartment; above these pillars others were placed, one-fourth less in height; and between the upper columns were placed windows; and the œcus Cyzicenus, which looked to the north, and, if possible, faced gardens, to which it opened by folding doors, was a summer-house. (See Domus.)
Œil-de-bœuf, Arch. A small round or oval window in a roof.
Œillets. (See Oillets.)
