Talk:Ekkyklema

Definition
An ekkyklema is a wheeled platform rolled out through a skene in classical theatre. It was usually used to indicate that the scene taking place on the ekkyklema was an interior scene.

Literally means "a rolled out thing." the Greeks used it instead of trapdoors to get dead bodies off the stage

They absolutely must be merged
The difference is one of transliterated "k" or Latinized "c", not of content. They must be merged. There should be some discussion on whether one ought to mix the transliterated "k" with the Latinized "y" (instead of the transliterated "u", "ekkuklema" or "eccyclema" should be preferred to "ekkyklema").rmagill 16:48, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Agree with Rmagill. I would check the standard works on theatre history (History of the Theatre by Oscar G. Brockett) on the prefered spelling. Ola Hansen 19:58, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

Spelling the ekkyklema with (c)'s instead of (k)'s would make life easier, also since many people already use the latinized versoin more then the greek version,it would only make sense to change it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.13.43.131 (talk) 16:44, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

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cc / kk
I have restored the original and standard spelling (kk), as per the reliable source originally given on the page. I have also removed the recent additions, since they are very poorly sourced. One is a hopelessly anachronistic scholarly work, while the other appears to be taken from EB's webpage on the subject, which doesn't appear to be very scholarly - it talks about "directors" clarifying the action and incorrectly argues that violence was prohibited on the Athenean stage. Brockett an Hildy (2003, 30), Csapo and Slater (1994, 61, 270-273, 428), Davidson (2005, 201), Goldhill (2007, 9), Ley (2007, xiv-xv), and Rehm (1992, 37) all use a "kk" spelling. The word is also usually italicised (see the citations). DionysosProteus (talk) 20:27, 1 April 2011 (UTC)