Hernia Jokes in Graeco-Roman Antiquity

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 2018 English Publisher:University of Illinois PressJournal:Illinois Classical Studies, volume 43, pages 388-403 (issn: 0363-1923, eissn: 2328-5265,

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Authors: Anna Potamiti;

doi: 10.5406/illiclasstud.43.2.0388

Hernia Jokes in Graeco-Roman Antiquity

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AbstractGroin hernia was an object of visual and verbal humor during the Roman Imperial age, late antiquity and beyond. This paper examines the hernia jokes in scoptic epigrams and the Philogelos in the light of Bakhtin’s views on the grotesque body. It will be argued that the jokes are revealing of anxiety over this common condition and that their comicality had a therapeutic effect.

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