| 1 | The Greek Anthology is a collection of short poems, called epigrams, by a variety of authors. The first epigrams are from roughly 300 BC by Meleager of Gadara, the last ones are from about 900 AD, covering a wide variety of topics ranging from death to laughing at other people. |
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| 6 | * CuriosityKilledTheCast: Someone apparently committed suicide after having read Plato's Phaidon, trying to find out whether the soul really can die or not. |
| 7 | * OlderThanFeudalism: Jokes about people having their ass for their head have already been cracked this early. |
| 8 | * TheUnderworld: Pluto is a legend, there's no escape from the Hades, but at least the oxen are cheap! |
| 9 | * WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: One observes that a certain apparently worthless slave was beloved. |
| 10 | * WildCardExcuse: One epigram talks about Eros being simply used as an excuse for their actions. |
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