Ikarosbooks - From the life of old Athens

From the life of old Athens - April Fools’ Day and other amusing stories

This is an anthology of the most successful April Fool’s Day pranks published in the major Athenian newspapers from the late 19th century to 1950. The book also includes light-hearted stories and daring pranks of the era, intended to entertain or satirise reprehensible attitudes and inappropriate behaviour. Whether April Fools’ pranks or not, all the episodes mentioned share a common feature: when they took place, they caused quite a stir in Athenian society and went down in the capital’s history as ‘pranks that left their mark on an era’!