Laughter in ancient Rome : on joking, tickling, and cracking up

1. Verfasser: Beard, Mary, 1955-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014.
Umfang/Format: x, 319 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations.
Schriftenreihe: Sather classical lectures volume seventy-one
Schlagworte:
Latin wit and humor > History and criticism.
Laughter > Rome > History > To 1500.
HISTORY / Ancient / General.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.
Imperium Romanum
iDAI.gazetteer: Imperium Romanum
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 2 Datensätze
Online Zugang: Online available
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introducing Roman laughter : Dio's "giggle" and Gnatho's two laughs
  • Questions of laughter, ancient and modern
  • The history of laughter
  • Roman laughter in Latin and Greek
  • The orator
  • From emperor to jester
  • Between human and animal, especially monkeys and asses
  • The laughter lover.

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