Round 6: Tossup 2

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 (10[1])of these figures casts a tie-breaking vote. (-5[1])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 where a seemingly insurmountable (10[2]-5[1])problem is abruptly (10[1])resolved. (10[1])Greek theater emerged from 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■ (10[2])

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