Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A machine in the Greek theater which in some way disclosed an interior to the spectators, as in the murder scene of the “Agamemnon” of Æschylus.
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- noun A
wheeled device used in ancient Greek plays, that could be rolled out to view, whichportrayed atableaux .
Etymologies
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ἐκκύκλημα
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Examples
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That's the man they are bringing out yonder on the eccyclema.
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[Agathon appears on the eccyclema, softly reposing on a bed, clothed in a saffron tunic, and surrounded with feminine toilet articles.]
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[The eccyclema turns and presents the interior of the house.
The Acharnians 2000
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