Hyperoon

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Hyperoon (plural: Hyperoa , ancient Greek ὑπερῷον ) refers to the upper floor of a Greek house in antiquity. The women's area ( gyneconitis ) was mostly located here.

The Hyperoon as a woman's chamber already appears in Homer's Odyssey as the predominant abode of Penelope and her servants during the ten-year absence of her husband.

The term appears several times in the Acts of the Apostles as the meeting place of the early church , namely in Acts 1,13  EU , 20,8 EU and in 9,37,39 EU as the place of the tabita , which is awakened by Peter . The Cenacle , however, such as in Mk 14,15  EU and Lk 22,12  EU , not as Hyperoon but as Anagaion called ( "upper room").

In the cella of the Greek temple , the side galleries were called Hyperoa , correspondingly in the basilica the galleries above the side aisles, which were also assigned to women in the Orthodox Church . The same applies to similar structures in the synagogue .

Individual evidence

  1. J. Grünmandl: The Homeric house from the Homeric epic explained. A critical study of F. Noack's “Homeric Palaces”. Vienna 1911. p. 15f. Online: [1]
  2. Greek ἀνάγαιον . Literally all rooms above the earth. See also the original text (Nestle-Aland) Mk 14.15  NA and Luke 22.12  NA .