Sunday, February 08, 2026
Temporary Loss of Laughter
Suda EI 323 Adler (tr. David Whitehead):
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It is prophesied into Trophonios' [cave]. The proverb is applied to gloomy and unlaughing people. For those descending into Trophonios are said to spend the entire time unlaughing.The effect is reversible. See Pausanias 9.39.13 (tr. W.H.S. Jones):
εἰς Τροφωνίου μεμάντευται. ἐπὶ τῶν σκυθρωπῶν καὶ ἀγελάστων ἡ παροιμία τάττεται. οἱ γὰρ καταβαίνοντες εἰς Τροφώνιον λέγονται τὸν ἑξῆς χρόνον ἀγέλαστοι εἶναι.
Afterwards, however, he will recover all his faculties, and the power to laugh will return to him.Related posts;
ὕστερον μέντοι τά τε ἄλλα οὐδέν τι φρονήσει μεῖον ἢ πρότερον καὶ γέλως ἐπάνεισίν οἱ.
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- No Tittering
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- Now Hear About Laughter
- No More Laughing, No More Fun
- Stop Laughing
- Don't Laugh
- Crassus Agelastus
- Did Adam Laugh Before the Fall?
- Against Laughter
- Agelasts
- Did Christ Ever Laugh?
