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Population (1890), 11,667. Odense (ō'den-se). The chief city of the island of Fünen, Denmark, situated on the Odense Aa about lat. 55° 25′ N., long. 10° 23′ E.: the third city in Denmark. It has various manufactures. Traditionally it is the oldest city of the kingdom (founded, according to legend, by Odin). It was the birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen. Population (1890), 30,277. Odenwald (o'den-vält). A region situated mainly in the southeastern part of the province of Starken burg, He e. It is traversed by four low parallel ridges, and is noted for its picturesque scenery and for legends. Length, about 40 miles. Highest point, the Katzenbuckel (2,050 feet). Odéon (o-da-ôn'). One of the leading theaters of Paris, situated near the Luxembourg. It was opened in 1782 as the Théâtre Français; was called the Théâtre de la Nation in 1789; and in 1796 was called the Odéon. It was burned in 1799, and rebuilt in 1807, when it was called the Théâtre de l'Impératrice. At the restoration it became Le Second Théâtre Français. It re ceives a subsidy from the state as an offshoot of the Comédie Française. Oder (o'der), Slav. Vjodr (vyodr). One of the chief rivers of Germany: the Roman Viadus. It rises in Moravia, forms part of the boundary between Austrian and Pru ian Silesia, traverses the province of Silesia, flows into the Stettiner Haff, and then by the Peene, Swine, and Dievenow into the Baltic. Its chief tributary is the War the. Among the towns on its banks are Ratibor, Oppeln, Brieg, Breslau, Glogau, Frankfort, Küstr in, and Stettin. Length, 550 miles; navigable for small craft from Ratibor; for larger ve els from Breslau. ince of Treviso, Italy, 26 miles north-northeast Oderzo (ō-dert'sō). A small town in the provof Venice: the ancient Opitergium. Ode a (ō-des'ä). A seaport in the government of Kherson, Ru ia, situated on the Black Sea in lat. 46° 29′ N., long. 30°46′ E. It is the chief seaport and commercial center of southern Ru ia, and one of the largest cities of the realm. It is the terminus of many steamer lines; is especially noted for its export of grain; exports also sugar, flour, wool, hides, flax, tallow, etc.; and has manufactures of flour, tobacco, etc. It has a university and various educational and scientific institutions, and constitutes a special municipal district. It was founded in 1794, and was bombarded by the English and French forces in 1854. Population (1897), 404,651. Odeum of Herodes or of Regilla. A theater at Athens, built by Herodes Atticus in the reign of Hadrian. It is semicircular, of Roman plan, and 260 feet in diameter. The stage structure is one of the most perfect surviving. Its ma ive exterior face has three tiers of semicircular arches, and on the stage, 116 by 26 feet, opened the conventional 3 doors. The cave a has 1 precinct i on, below which there are 5 radial divisions, and above it 10. The odeum was originally covered with a wooden roof. Odeypur. See Udaipur . Odiham (ō'di-ham). A town in Hampshire, England, 42 miles west-southwest of London. Population (1891), 2,923. Odilienberg (ō-dēl'i-en-berg). A mountain in Alsace, 19 miles southwest of Strasburg. It is noted for its ancient convent of St. Odilie, and for the Heidenmauer (which see). Odilon Barrot. See Barrot . Odin (o'din). In Norse mythology, the chief god of the Ases, corresponding to the AngloS axon Woden. He is the source of wisdom, and the patron of culture and of heroes. He is attended by two ravens and two wolves, is surnamed the All-father, and sits on the throne Hlidskjalf. He is devoured by the Fenriswolf in Ragnarök. Odo (o'do). Died June 2, 959. An archbishop of Canterbury. Odo. Died about 1097. A Norman prelate and nobleman, half-brother of William the Con queror. He became bishop of Bayeux in 1049, and was created earl of Kent and Here ford after the Conquest. He was regent of the kingdom during the absence of William in 1067 and 1073. He was afterward imprisoned, but was released on the death of William. Odoacer (o-do-a'sér), or Odovakar (ō-do-vä'kär), or Ottokar (ot'tō-kär). Born about 434: killed March 5, 493. A leader of the Heruli, Rugii, and other tribes. He was (according to the best authorities) the son of a Scyrrian chieftain, Edecon, who served under Attila. He entered the Roman army about the age of thirty. In 475 the Western emperor Ne pos was dethroned by Orestes, who elevated his own son Romulus August ulus to the purple. Orestes caused a mutiny among his mercenaries by refusing to accede to a demand for a division among them of one third of the soil of Italy. Odoacer placed himself at the head of the dis south by west of Moscow. Population, 5, 665. O'Donnell (o-don'el), Henry Joseph, Count of Abisbal. Born 1769: died May 6, 1834. A Spanish general, of Irish extraction. He distinguished himself during the French invasion of 1809-10, and in 1811 captured Abisbal (whence his title). In 1819, while commander at Cadiz, he suppre ed a conspiracy against the government of Ferdinand VII. He was compelled to flee to France by the events of 1823, and died on his return to Spain at the acce ion of Maria Christina. O'Donnell, Leopoldo. Born at Santa Cruz, Island of Teneriffe, Jan. 12, 1809: died at Biarritz, Nov. 5, 1867. A Spanish general, son of H. J. O'Donnell. He fought against the Car lists 1833-39, and in July of the latter year forced Cabrera to raise the siege of Lucena, for which he was made count of Lucena and lieutenant-general. Subsequently he protected the queen regent in her retreat to France. In Oct., 1841, he headed an unsucce ful revolt against the regency. After the fall of the regency he was captain-general of Cuba, Nov., 1843, to March, 1848. He was minister of war 18541856; president of the cabinet July 14 to Oct. 12, 1856; and again premier and minister of war June, 1858. In the latter capacity he commanded in the campaign in Morocco 18591860, and was made grandee of Spain and duke of Tetuan. He resigned office in 1863, but once more held the premiership 1865-66. O'Don O'Donoghue (ō-don' 'ō-hū) of Ro . A legendary Irish hero.