SALON LUITPOLD | Forum Humor | Humor in der Antike

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Reading with Thomas Loibl, cheerfully and scientifically commented by Markus Janka

Humor in antiquity - laughter among the Romans

The Romans prove that humor is not a modern invention with wit, sharpness and surprising topicality. Texts by Plautus, Horace, Ovid, Petron and Martial show: Even in antiquity, people laughed heartily.

For this special evening, Prof. Markus Janka has selected humorous passages from Roman literature, newly translated and cleverly commented on. Actor Thomas Loibl lends voice and life to the texts with his impressive reading. Alternately performed and knowledgeably interpreted, the result is an entertaining dialog between literature, history and humor - well-founded, cheerful and guaranteed to entertain.