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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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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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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instrument Greek μῆχος, μηχανή (mēkhanḗ), μηχανικός (mēkhanikós) machine, mechane, mechanics, mechanism, mechanize, mechanobiology, mechanophilia, mechanophobia...
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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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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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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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character of a Greek god literally brought onto the stage via a crane (μηχανῆς—mechanes), after which a seemingly insoluble problem is brought to a satisfactory...
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Agni Agrour Ait Aissa ou Brahim Ait Beloualid Ait Bou Lkhlad Arhla ou Drar Asrir Nignaoune Kasbah Il Mechane Izkhnnioun...
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effects: an ekkyklema (used to bring the skene's "indoors" outdoors) and a mechane (used to lift actors in the air, as in deus ex machina). With the introduction...
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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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Helios. When this play was put on, this scene was accomplished using the mechane device usually reserved for the appearance of a god or goddess. She confronts...
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instrument Greek μῆχος, μηχανή (mēkhanḗ), μηχανικός (mēkhanikós) machine, mechane, mechanics, mechanism, mechanize, mechanobiology, mechanophilia, mechanophobia...
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had three doors, with two in the projecting side-wings or paraskenia. Mechane or geranos were used for the introduction of divine beings or flights through...
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fiction. In these scenes, Socrates contrives the noble lie as an "artifice" (mēchanē) by which regimes, including the Athens of the dialogue's setting, found...
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rehearsals, the chorus, scenery or scene painting (including such items as mechane and ekkyklema), props (including elaborate masks), special effects, such...
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Lassa Lehfed Maad Majdel Marj Mastita Mayfouq Mazarib Mazraat es-Siyad Mechane Mghayreh Mish Mish Mounsef Nahr Ibrahim Qahmez Qartaba Qartaboun Qorqraiya...
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Greek: "suffering together") deus ex machina calques ἀπὸ μηχανῆς θεός (apo mechanēs theos) (Latin: "god out of the machine", Greek: "out of the machine, god")...
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Museen, pap. 11529) Matton Maximus of Tyre Meander Measurement of a Circle Mechane Mechanics (Aristotle) Mecisteus Mecon (mythology) Meda Medea Medea (play)...
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Nick Thomas So OL 79 Scottie Dill Fr TE 80 Daniel Montiel Sr WR 81 Mechane Slade Fr WR 82 Hunter Hill Fr WR 83 Daniel Hurd Sr TE 84 Robby Young...
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Retrospective of 100 Photographs, '79–99." Hellenic American Union, 1999. "Apo mēchanēs choros" (Από μηχανής χορός) / "Dance ex machina." Technopolis (Gazi, Athens)...
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Dragonsfoot.org. Retrieved 7 July 2018. Stephen (10 September 2017). "apo mechanes theos: Fixing my wiki entry". Apostephen.blogspopt.com. Retrieved 7 July...
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