Menander in the Critical View of Quintilian and Gellius

Consoli Maria Elvira

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Menander in the Critical View of Quintilian and Gellius

Consoli Maria Elvira^*

Published in Humanities and Social Sciences (Volume 13, Issue 3)

Received: 30 March 2025 Accepted: 3 May 2025 Published: 6 June 2025

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This work arises from the question whether it is possible for a Latinist to be truly such without Knowing the influence of the ancient Greek civilization on Latin literature, and particularly on the theatrical genre, that has inspired the theater of all time. The examination of Menander in the critical view of the authors Quintilian and Gellius shows that it would be impossible to be a true Latinist without knowing the Greek ancestry of Latin Comedies, as for the Plocium of Caecilius Statius and the Plókion of Menander. The parallel between the fragments of the comedy Plocium by Caecilius and Plókion by Menander confirms that only the comparative deepening of the Greek/Latin theatrical production can provide the key both for scientific research on theatre, both for the transmission of the human values represented in it to the new generation of scholars. With this work Consoli also intends to recompose the separation of studies between text and theatrical performance, believing that even a fragment can constitute a theatrical scene.

Published in	Humanities and Social Sciences (Volume 13, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.hss.20251303.15
Page(s)	233-241
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Comedy, Fragments, Menander, Caecilius, Plocium

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Elvira, C. M. (2025). Menander in the Critical View of Quintilian and Gellius. Humanities and Social Sciences, 13(3), 233-241. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.hss.20251303.15

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Cultural Heritage Department, University of Salento, Lecce, Italy；Collaborator to Classic Theatre Research Centre, University of Torino, Turin, Italy

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