For 10 points, name this technique in which a "God from the machine" changes the outcome of a dramatic work.
Aristophanes parodied this technique in Euripides's method of entering the stage in his own play Thesmophoriazusae. It is used in the story "The Three Apples" from the Arabian Nights. More classical examples of this device occur in the Euripides plays Alcestis and Medea; in the latter play, the title character is whisked away from the wrath of Jacob to safety in a sudden and contradictory move. For 10 points, name this technique in which a "God from the machine" changes the outcome of a dramatic work.
Aristophanes parodied this technique in Euripides's method of entering the stage in his own play Thesmophoriazusae.
{Deus ex Machina} (accept {God} from the {machine} before mentioned)