Tags: Mythological Figure.
In Greek mythology Gelos (Γέλως) is the divine personification of laughter. According to Philostratus the Elder he was believed to enter the retinue of Dionysus alongside Comus. Plutarch relates that Lycurgus of Sparta dedicated a small statue of Gelos to the god and elsewhere mentions that in Sparta there was a sanctuary of Gelos as well as those of Thanatos Phobos and other [personifications of] experiences of this kind.Risus was the Latin rendition of the name Gelos.