Round 7: 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 of (-5[1])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. (-5[1])A crane that lifted these figures above the stage partially (10[1])names a plot device where a (10[1])seemingly insurmountable (-5[1])problem is abruptly resolved. (10[3])Greek (10[1])theater emerged from dithyrambs (10[1])(“DITH-uh-rams”) sung to honor one of these figures. For 10 points, name these figures who are “ex machina” or “from (10[1])the machine” and include Dionysus. ■END■ (10[4]0[1])

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