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This paper seeks to apply Christie Davies’ target theory to the classical jokebook  Philogelos  and more specifically, its most common protagonist, the  scholastikos , whose central flaw is stupidity caused by his inability to interact with material reality, similar to modern “dotty professor” jokes. This paper seeks to build a model of how  scholastikos  jokes work, how the stereotype is constructed and perpetuated, how this differs from other “stupid” stereotypes used elsewhere in the  Philogelos  (largely ethnic-based stereotypes), and possible social and cultural anxieties bound up in the character of the  scholastikos . It will explore the relationship between ancient and modern targets in light of Christie Davies’ target theory and extend this model of how humour functions to transhistorical case studies.

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