This contrasts Aristotle's view that there are only good and bad characters and plots. Horace' view is much discussed in modern times.

Middle Ages and Humanism

The work De spectaculis by Tertullian (ca. 150-220 AD) propagated the abolition of theater due to it being a symptom of the decadence of antique cultures. During the Loss of books in late antiquity, many antique plays and treatises on theater were lost. Until Hrosvitha

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