Muse of comedy in Greek mythology
InGreek mythology ,Thalia (/θ ə ˈ l aɪ ə [ 1] [ 2] /ˈ θ eɪ l i ə [ 3] Ancient Greek :Θάλεια ; "the joyous, the flourishing", fromAncient Greek :θάλλειν ,thállein ; "to flourish, to be verdant"), also spelledThaleia , was one of theMuses , thegoddess who presided overcomedy andidyllic poetry . In this context her name means "flourishing", because the praises in her songs flourish through time.[ 4]
Thalia on an antique fresco fromPompeii Thalia was portrayed as a young woman with a joyous air, crowned with ivy, wearing boots and holding acomic mask in her hand. Many of her statues also hold abugle and a trumpet, or occasionally ashepherd's staff or awreath ofivy .
Thalia was the daughter ofZeus andMnemosyne , the eighth-born of the nineMuses . According toApollodorus , she andApollo were the parents of theCorybantes .[ 5]
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 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library .Grimal, Pierre,The Dictionary of Classical Mythology ISBN 978-0-631-20102-1 "Thalia" 1. p. 442 . Smith, William ;Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology "Thaleia" 1.
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