Round 5: 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. 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 (10[1])insurmountable (-5[1])problem (10[1])is abruptly resolved. Greek theater emerged (10[1])from dithyrambs (“DITH-uh-rams”) sung to honor one of these figures. (10[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])name these figures who are “ex machina” or “from (10[1])the machine” and include (10[1])Dionysus. ■END■ (10[1])

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