α3438Ἀπὸ μηχανῆς
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[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to unexpected and unbelievable things. For the tragic poets, when they brought onto the stage a bold move designed to make the spectators disturbed at the things that were said,…
Ἀπὸ μηχανῆς· ἐπὶ τῶν παραδόξων καὶ παραλόγων. οἱ γὰρ τῶν τραγῳδιῶν ποιηταὶ, ὅταν εἰσήγαγον εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν ἢ τόλμαν ὥστε συγχυθῆναι τοὺς θεατὰς πρὸς τὰ εἰρημένα καὶ ἐλεεῖν τοὺς…