Saturday, March 3, 2012

What does Deus Ex mean and what is the relation to "Deus Ex Machina"?

God from the machine.



It was / is a dramatic device in which a fanciful connivance or contraption is suddenly introduced into the plot of a story or play and conveniently rescues the good guys from certain doom. It was used in some of the ancient Greek plays; one of the Greek "gods" descended onto the stage (probably via some type of pulley device); thus ... god from the machine.What does Deus Ex mean and what is the relation to "Deus Ex Machina"?
God out of machine or god from machine.
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