Ancient Greek Comedy: my favorite joke

In this short film Dr Naomi Scott from the Department of Classics and Archaeology explains why Ancient Comedy may not seem funny to us today, and shares her favorite Ancient Greek joke in the original Greek and in translation. 

{A.} τί λέγεις συ; μάντεις εἰσί γὰρ θαλάττιοι;
{B.} γαλεοί γε, πάντων μάντεων σοφώτατοι.

(Archippus fr. 15)

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