- A
mechane (/ˈmɛkəniː/; Gr****: μηχανή, mēkhanḗ) or
machine was a
crane used in Gr**** theatre,
especially in the 5th and 4th
centuries BC. Made of wooden...
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Submechanophobia (from
Latin sub 'under'; and from
Ancient Gr**** μηχανή (
mechané) 'machine' and φόβος (phóbos) 'fear') is a fear of
submerged human-made...
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Mechane (Arabic: مشان, also
spelled Mishan) is a muni****lity in the
Byblos District of Keserwan-Jbeil Governorate, Lebanon. Its
inhabitants are predominantly...
- deus ex
machina a god from a
machine From the Gr**** ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεός (apò
mēchanēs theós). A
contrived or
artificial solution,
usually to a
literary plot...
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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...
- discuss].
There were
several scenic elements commonly used in Gr**** theatre:
mechane, a
crane that gave the
impression of a
flying actor (thus, deus ex machina)...
-
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...
-
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...
- the
conventions of Gr**** 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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instrument Gr**** μῆχος, μηχανή (mēkhanḗ), μηχανικός (mēkhanikós) machine,
mechane, mechanics, mechanism, mechanize, mechanobiology, mechanophilia, mechanophobia...
