Editing Plautus (section)

===Greek New Comedy===
Greek New Comedy greatly differs from those plays of Aristophanes. The most notable difference, according to Dana F. Sutton, is that New Comedy, in comparison to Old Comedy, is "devoid of a serious political, social or intellectual content" and "could be performed in any number of social and political settings without risk of giving offense".<ref name="Sutton57">Sutton 1993, p. 57.</ref> The risk-taking for which Aristophanes is known is noticeably lacking in the New Comedy plays of [[Menander]]. Instead, there is much more of a focus on the home and the family unit—something that the Romans, including Plautus, could easily understand and adopt for themselves later in history.