Editing Thalia (Muse)

{{Short description|Muse of comedy in Greek mythology}}
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{{Infobox deity
|type = Greek
|name = Thalia
|image = Thalia from Villa Adriana (Prado E-38) 01.jpg
|caption = Roman statue  of Thalia from [[Hadrian's villa]], now at the [[Prado Museum]] ([[Madrid]])
|god_of = Goddess of Comedy
|member_of = the [[Muses]]
|parents = [[Zeus]] and [[Mnemosyne]]
|siblings = [[Euterpe]], [[Polyhymnia]], [[Urania]], [[Clio]], [[Erato]], [[Calliope]], [[Terpsichore]], [[Melpomene]] and [[Zeus#Offspring|several paternal half-siblings]]
|consort = [[Apollo]]
|children = the [[Corybantes]]
}}

In [[Greek mythology]], '''Thalia''' ({{IPAc-en|θ|ə|ˈ|l|aɪ|ə}}<ref>{{OED|Thalia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Thalia| title = Thalia Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster}}</ref> or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|θ|eɪ|l|i|ə}};<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/200089 | title=Home : Oxford English Dictionary }}</ref> {{langx|grc|Θάλεια}}; "the joyous, the flourishing", from {{langx|grc|θάλλειν}}, ''thállein''; "to flourish, to be verdant"), also spelled '''Thaleia''', was one of the [[Muses]], the [[goddess]] who presided over [[Comedy (drama)|comedy]] and [[idyll|idyllic poetry]]. In this context her name means "flourishing", because the praises in her songs flourish through time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thalia {{!}} Greek mythology {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Thalia-Greek-mythology |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>

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

== Family ==
Thalia was the daughter of [[Zeus]] and [[Mnemosyne]], the eighth-born of the nine [[Muse]]s. According to [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], she and [[Apollo]] were the parents of the [[Corybantes]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.3.4 1.3.4]. Other ancient sources, however, gave the Corybantes different parents (see Frazer, [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1:1.3.4##note2 n. 2 on 1.3.4]).</ref>

==See also==
*[[Muses in popular culture]]
**[[Thalia Theatre (disambiguation)]]
*[[Thalia (Grace)]]
*[[Thalia (Nereid)]]
*[[Thalia (nymph)]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|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. {{ISBN|0-674-99135-4}}. [http://data.perseus.org/texts/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0548.tlg001.perseus-eng1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
* Grimal, Pierre, [https://books.google.com/books?id=iOx6de8LUNAC ''The Dictionary of Classical Mythology''], Wiley-Blackwell, 1996, {{ISBN|978-0-631-20102-1}}. [https://books.google.com/books?id=iOx6de8LUNAC&q=Thalia "Thalia" 1. p. 442].
* [[William Smith (lexicographer)|Smith, William]]; ''[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]'', London (1873). [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aentry%3Dthaleia-bio-1 "Thaleia" 1.]

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Thalia}}
* [https://iconographic.warburg.sas.ac.uk/category/vpc-taxonomy-008292 Warburg Institute Iconographic Database]

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[[Category:Muses (mythology)]]
[[Category:Ancient Greek comedy]]
[[Category:Children of Zeus]]
[[Category:Women of Apollo]]
[[Category:Greek goddesses]]
[[Category:Ancient Greek theatre]]
[[Category:Music and singing goddesses]]
[[Category:Wisdom goddesses]]
[[Category:Metamorphoses characters]]

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