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In a play, one of these figures convinces a king to crossdress after that king had chained him in the royal stables. During a trial, one of these figures argues that the mother is the nurse of the seed instead of a true parent, before another of these figures casts a tie-breaking vote. One of these figures incites his followers to kill his cousin Pentheus in Euripides’ The Bacchae. A crane that lifted these figures above the stage partially names a plot device (10[1])where a seemingly insurmountable (10[1])problem is abruptly resolved. Greek theater emerged from (10[1])dithyrambs (“DITH-uh-rams”) sung to honor one of these figures. (10[1])For 10 points, name these figures who are “ex machina” or “from the machine” and include Dionysus. ■END■

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