Menander in the Critical View of Quintilian and Gellius

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 <i>Plocium </i>of Caecilius Statius and the <i>Plókion</i> of Menander. The parallel between the fragments of the comedy <i>Plocium </i>by Caecilius and <i>Plókion </i>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.