Humor and laughter were deployed to appease angry gods
Evidence
So he vowed and Athena set off uncontrollable laughter in the suitors, crazed them out of their minds —mad, hysterical laughter seemed to break from the jaws of strangers, not their own, and the meat they were eating oozed red with blood — tears flooded their eyes, hearts possessed by grief. — Homer; Robert Fagles; Bernard Knox, The Odyssey, 4113 (
#complicates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Divine madness transforms the suitors’ laughter into a death omen — Homer; Robert Fagles; Bernard Knox, The Odyssey, 4113
Broader Connections
- Divine madness transforms the suitors’ laughter into a death omen
#complicates(0.72) — Homer; Robert Fagles; Bernard Knox, The Odyssey, 4113