“Deus Ex Machina” is a Latin term which directly translates to “god from a machine”. It is a piece of equipment or machine used in Ancient Greek Theatre to reveal Gods or heroes in a play. Aeschylos was the first to use the “Deus Ex Machina” in a performance on stage.¹ This machine was used as a way to implement divine intervention in a play in order to solve its complexities. The “Deus Ex Machina” incorporates things that the human body cannot, such as hope or faith or even visualising the Gods. This adds an element of supernatural to the plays and thus introduces a new conception to Greek Theater. Therefore, dramatists used this instrument to either conclude or complicate the events of their plays. For example, in Medea, Euripides uses the “Deus Ex Machina” as the chariot of the sun god Helios in which Medea took to exile and thus concluding the play. xxx

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