PRINCETON, NJ — Too many Greek vase jokes are lost in translation. For example, this duel between Achilles and Hector looks serious. But tragicomic ironies abound in ancient epic. The Trojan war ...
It turns out the Greeks did invent everything, including jokes. Did you hear the one about the big wooden horse and the Trojans? A manuscript of a 4th century AD joke book, “Philogelos: The Laugh ...