| Thalia | |
|---|---|
Goddess of festivity and rich banquets | |
| Member of TheCharites | |
 A statue of Thalia in Achilleion palace,Corfu | |
| Affiliation | Aphrodite |
| Major cult centre | Boeotia |
| Abode | Mount Olympus |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Zeus andEurynome |
| Siblings | Euphrosyne andAglaea andseveral paternal half-siblings |
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InGreek mythology,Thalia orThaleia (/ˈθeɪliə/[1] or/θəˈlaɪə/;[2]Ancient Greek:Θάλεια,romanized: Tháleia,lit. 'the joyous, the abundance') was one of the threeCharites, along with her sistersAglaea andEuphrosyne.[3]
The Greek wordthalia is an adjective applied tobanquets, meaning rich, plentiful, luxuriant and abundant.
Typically, she was a daughter of Zeus andOceanid Eurynome.[3] Alternative parentage may be Zeus andEurydome,Eurymedousa, orEuanthe;Dionysus and Koroneia; orHelios and theNaiadAegle.[4][5][6]
In art, she and her sisters were usually depicted dancing in a circle. Thalia was the goddess offestivity and rich banquets and was associated withAphrodite, as part of herretinue.[7][8]
