"hall of fame"

[Joanne M. Despres]

In the 1842 cite, "hall of fame" seems to be a circumlocution for
"famous hall."  It's hard to tell exactly what it means in the next
cite.  Do you have more context?

Joanne Despres
Merriam-Webster

On 2 Aug 2005, at 7:57, Mark A. Mandel wrote:

> Bill Mullins cites:
>  >>>>
>  ST. PAUL AT ATHENS.
> MILFORD BARD
> Baltimore Phoenix and Budget (1841-1842); Jan 1842; 1, 10; pg. 394
> "Unaw'd in Athen's halls of fame,
> His glorious accents rung;
> The temple trembled at the name
> Of Jesus from his tongue."
>
>
> Author: G.P. Putnam & Co.
> Title: Putnam's home cyclopedia ...
> Publication date: 1852-1853. p. 525 col 2.
> "In a meadow to the W. is the colossal bronze statue of Bavaria, by
> Schwanthaler, 84 ft. high.  Near it is the "Hall of Fame." " [in entry
> for  Munich]
>  <<<<
>
> I wouldn't count on that first one. That's just poetic diction, imho, for
> "famous halls", and only happens to coincide in form with the expression.
>
> In writing that last sentence I started to use "homographic", and then
> "homophonous", and then gave up. Have we got a word to describe specifically
> a word or phrase that is identical in form with another, but has a different
> meaning? ... H-m-m... H-m-n-m.... Homonym? Maybe I shouldn't do this sort of
> stuff before breakfast.
>
> -- Mark
>    (by hand)