Thalia (Muse)

In Greek mythology, Thalia (Template:IPAc-en<ref>Template:OED</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> or Template:IPAc-en;<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Langx; "the joyous, the flourishing", from Template:Langx, thállein; "to flourish, to be verdant"), also spelled Thaleia, was one of the Muses, the goddess who presided over comedy and idyllic poetry. In this context her name means "flourishing", because the praises in her songs flourish through time.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Appearance

Thalia was portrayed as a young woman with a joyous air, crowned with ivy, wearing boots and holding a comic mask in her hand. Many of her statues also hold a bugle and a trumpet, or occasionally a shepherd's staff or a wreath of ivy.

Family

Thalia was the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, the eighth-born of the nine Muses. According to Apollodorus, she and Apollo were the parents of the Corybantes.<ref>Apollodorus, 1.3.4. Other ancient sources, however, gave the Corybantes different parents (see Frazer, n. 2 on 1.3.4).</ref>

See also

• Muses in popular culture
  • Thalia Theatre (disambiguation)
• Thalia (Grace)
• Thalia (Nereid)
• Thalia (nymph)

References

• Apollodorus, Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1921. Template:ISBN. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996, Template:ISBN. "Thalia" 1. p. 442.
• Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). "Thaleia" 1.

External links

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• Warburg Institute Iconographic Database