TY - BOOK ID - 59412392 TI - Philogelos AU - Dawe, R D AU - Hierocles PY - 2000 SN - 3598715951 3110947684 9783598715952 9783110947687 3519015951 9783519015956 PB - Monachii [i.e. Munich] K.G. Saur DB - UniCat KW - Greek wit and humor KW - Greek literature KW - Greek wit and humor. KW - Humor in literature KW - Humour dans la litteĢrature UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:59412392 AB - Philogelos ( lover of laughter) is a collection of over 260 jokes of imperial and Byzantine vintage. The humor can seem at times surprisingly modern; at other times it seems so feeble as scarcely to deserve the name. In general it is aimed at the stupidity of persons who are variously called ""scholastics"" or citizens of, e.g., Cyme or Abdera. Many of the anecdotes are transmitted in two different ... ER -