Laughter in ancient Rome : on joking, tickling, and cracking up
"What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? Or was it a carefully regulated culture in which the uncontrollable excess of laughter was a force to fear-a world of wit, irony, and knowing smiles? How did Romans make sense of laughter?...
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University of California Press
2014
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| Series: | Sather classical lectures volume seventy-one The Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literauture |
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