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Homer, Odyssey 21.105 (tr. A.T. Murray):
Yet I laugh, and am glad with a witless mind.
αὐτὰρ ἐγὼ γελόω καὶ τέρπομαι ἄφρονι θυμῷ.
See S. Douglas Olson, "Telemachos' Laugh (Od. 21.101-105),"
Classical Journal 89.4 (April-May, 1994) 369-372.