A mechane (/ˈmɛkəniː/; Greek: μηχανή, mēkhanḗ) or machine was a crane used in Greek theatre, especially in the 5th and 4th centuries BC. Made of wooden...
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Mechane (Arabic: مشان, also spelled Mishan) is a municipality in the Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. Its inhabitants are predominantly...
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deus ex machina a god from a machine From the Greek ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεός (apò mēchanēs theós). A contrived or artificial solution, usually to a literary plot...
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Submechanophobia (from Latin sub 'under'; and from Ancient Greek μηχανή (mechané) 'machine' and φόβος (phóbos) 'fear') is a fear of submerged human-made...
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brought on stage using a machine. The machine could be either a crane (mechane) used to lower actors from above or a riser that brought them up through...
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consequences of extreme human actions. Another such device was a crane, the mechane, which served to hoist a god or goddess on stage when they were supposed...
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rolling out their dead body, instead of showing their death onstage. The mechane, a crane for lifting actors over the skene, supported the conclusions of...
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deus ex machina a god from a machine From the Greek ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεός (apò mēchanēs theós). A contrived or artificial solution, usually to a literary plot...
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discuss]. There were several scenic elements commonly used in Greek theatre: mechane, a crane that gave the impression of a flying actor (thus, deus ex machina)...
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the conventions of Greek tragedy, and refers to situations in which a mechane (crane) was used to lower actors playing a god or gods onto the stage at...
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