Φιλόγελως // Ancient Greek Podcast: Episode 001

This is the first episode of our Ancient Greek podcast. We will read the "Philogelos" (Friend of Laughter), a collection of jokes from the 3rd century. Here are the three jokes which I read in the episode:
Σχολαστικῷ τις ἀπαντήσας ἔφη· Κύριε σχολαστικέ, καθ’ ὕπνους σε εἶδον. ὁ δέ· Μὰ τοὺς θεούς, εἶπεν, ἀσχολῶν οὐ προσέσχον.
Σχολαστικὸς θέλων αὐτοῦ τὸν ὄνον διδάξαι μὴ τρώγειν
οὐ παρέβαλεν αὐτῷ τροφάς. ἀποθανόντος δὲ τοῦ ὄνου ἀπὸ λιμοῦ
ἔλεγε· Μεγάλα ἐζημιώθην· ὅτε γὰρ ἔμαθε μὴ τρώγειν, τότε
ἀπέθανεν.
Σχολαστικὸς εὐτράπελος ἀπορῶν δαπανημάτων τὰ
βιβλία αὐτοῦ ἐπίπρασκε· καὶ γράφων πρὸς τὸν πατέρα ἔλεγε·
Σύγχαιρε ἡμῖν, πάτερ, ἤδη γὰρ ἡμᾶς τὰ βιβλία τρέφει.
Edition used: Kai Brodersen: Philogelos, Antike Witze, griechisch und deutsch. Wiesbaden: Marix 2016.
You can find more jokes here: www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/gr...
Cover art: AI image by craiyon.com

[@leandroscorieltauvorum]

εὖγε, ἐπαινῶ σε ἀρξαμένην νέον ἄκουσμα ἑλληνιστί! ὡς σοφὸς ἐκεῖνος ὁ σχολαστικός! τοῦ γὰρ ἐδέσματος χρείαν οὐκ ἔχομεν... οὔτε τοῦ βίου! δῆλον ὅτι παίζω πρὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ φιλόγελως ὤν... χάριν σοι οἶδα καὶ περιμένω τὸ δεύτερον ἐπεισόδιον!

[@truthterrain3484]

Excellent!

[@nikmyakshin2656]

Χάριν πολλὴν οἶδα! Χρήσιμον ἄκουσμα ὠφέλιμόν τε.

[@yulianikitenko2252]

άληθῶς λαμπρὸν ἔργον! χάριν ὑμὶν πλείστην, Ἰέννι καὶ Ἄργε. μάλιστα ἀρέσκει μοι καὶ ὠφελεῖ τὰ ὑμῶν διδάγματα. ἄριστοι εἰσῖν ὑμεῖς.

[@carlwiwe7540]

εὖγε ❤

[@HCRAYERT.]

Which pronunciation do you use?

[@Brandon55638]

She uses the Erasmian pronunciation, unfortunately, because she pronounces ει as [ei] instead of what it actually was in Classical Attic, which is [e:] and she aspirates κ, τ, and π because of her accent. She does incorporate phonemic vowel length and sometimes pitch accent, so I'm able to understand what she is saying most of the time.

[@Urdatorn]

μῶν τὸ Φιλογέλως καὶ οὐχὶ τὸ *Φιλόγελως; 😉

[@ArgosDidaskei]

εἰ περὶ τοῦ τόνου λέγεις, οἵ γε γραμματικοὶ οὕτως τονοῦσι τοῦτο τὸ ὄνομα (εἰ μαινόμενοι, οὐκ οἶδα ;) )· lsj.gr/wiki/%CF%86%CE%B9%CE%BB%CF%8C%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%BB%CF%89%CF%82