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nick hoffman — 8/1/2008 4:46:05 PM (archived)

Many of the classic Greek Playwrights wrote in "Shakespearean" forms full of bawdy jokes. One of Aristophanes' plays - Lysistrata from 411 BCE - concerns a sex-strike by the Spartan wives, and many jokes where the Athenians accuse the Spartan men of carrying spears hidden under their cloaks.

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysistrata".Wikipedia entry

Aristophanes wrote in 425 to 388 BCE, so his Jokes are well in the time frame indicated. it's just that they have a veneer of "clasicism" that hides the bawdy core of the humour.

Shakespeare wasn't vulgar, was he?

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WORLD'S OLDEST Joke Published.....1900BC - carl - 7/31/2008 3:31:12 PM
- Uh, how about a link? - Socrates II - 7/31/2008 11:16:58 PM
  - yes - FrankC - 8/1/2008 5:16:51 PM
  - I think we're missing some stuff here - nick hoffman - 8/1/2008 4:46:05 PM
  - Three Greek philosophers went into a bar. - Jacob - 8/1/2008 4:45:30 PM
    - There was a 4th one. - Eri - 8/1/2008 7:37:56 PM
  - Geez Louise Socrates... - Jody - 8/1/2008 2:35:47 PM
    - Seek and Ye Shall FIND! - carl - 8/1/2008 3:24:55 PM
      - Yes, you should - Socrates II - 8/4/2008 3:21:03 AM

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