comedy
the revel-song
Today this word meansA funny story. Classically, a story where things turn out well for the hero.
Kōmos (a carousing festival procession) + ōidē (song). The etymology is that drunken crowd roaming and singing.
Born of the after-party processions of the Dionysian festivals, the form has been inseparable from drink since its first breath.
Worth noting
What divided comedy from tragedy in the classical sense was not laughter but the ending. Dante's Divine Comedy is a Commedia because it starts in Hell and ends in Heaven.