Mechane
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A mechane or machine was a crane used in Greek theatre, especially in the 5th and 4th centuries BC. Made of wooden beams and pulley systems, the device was used to lift an actor into the air, usually
5th century BCE (model)
Choregos
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In the theatre of ancient Greece, the choregos was a wealthy Athenian citizen who assumed the public duty, or choregiai, of financing the preparation for the chorus and other aspects of dramatic produ
Relief of seated Dionysus and satyr; inscription beneath is a decree by the deme Aixone honoring the choregoi Auteas and Philoxenides (313–312 BC)
A choregos sits, surrounded by actors and a musician playing tibiae.
Choragic Monument of Lysicrates near the Acropolis in Athens, Greece