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• ... that ancient Greek playwrights could use a rolling platform to bring scenery or corpses onto the stage?

• Source: * Jouanna, Jacques (2018) [2008]. Sophocles: A Study of His Theater in Its Political and Social Context. Translated by Rendall, Steven. Princeton University Press. p. 233. ISBN 978-0-691-24040-4.; * Dale, Amy Marjorie (1969) [1956]. "Seen and Unseen on the Greek Stage". In Webster, T. B. L.; Turner, E. G. (eds.). A. M. Dale: Collected Papers. Cambridge University Press. pp. 119–129. ISBN 0521047633.

• • ALT1: ... that the ekkyklema, an ancient Greek item of stage equipment, was frequently used by comic playwrights to parody tragic plays? Source: Taplin, Oliver (1977). The Stagecraft of Aeschylus. Oxford University Press. p. 43. ISBN 0-19-814006-1.
  • ALT2: ... that one ancient Greek play used a rolling platform to show the audience the death of an Athenian prince? Source: Rehm, Rush (1992). Greek Tragic Theatre. Theatre Production Studies. London and New York: Routledge. p. 67. ISBN 0-415-11894-8.
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Improved to Good Article status by UndercoverClassicist (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 48 past nominations.

UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 17:24, 10 October 2026 (UTC).

• Article has achieved Good Article status 2 days ago. No issues of copyvio or of plagiarism. All cited sources appear reliable. QPQ is done. Hooks are fully cited and main hook is fine, although you could replace "rolling plaform" with its original name "Ekkyklema", to generate more engagement/click-through? ALT2 is also interesting. Good to go. Aszx5000 (talk) 20:13, 12 October 2026 (UTC)