Homeric laughter

Homeric laughter is inextinguishable or irrepressible mirth. Derived from ancient Greek ἄσβεστος γέλως , used twice by Homer to describe the amusement of Olympic gods by actions of humans. Came into English from German Homerisches gelächter.[1]

Lovis Corinth : The Homeric Laughter, 1909 (Munich, Bavarian State Painting Collections)

References

Hewitt, Joseph William. “Homeric Laughter.” The Classical Journal, vol. 23, no. 6, 1928, pp. 436–47. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3289782. Accessed 3 Oct. 2022.

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[1] Hewitt, Joseph William. “Homeric Laughter.” The Classical Journal, vol. 23, no. 6, 1928, pp. 436–47. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3289782. Accessed 3 Oct. 2022.