Thalia
can refer to four distinct entities in Greek mythology, two of whom were daughters of Zeus, and a third of whom bore him sons. The name Thalia, or Thaleia (both ) is spelled T??e?a
in Greek and derives from the same stem as ????e??
"to bloom".
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The Muse
Thalia was a rustic goddess, the
Muse of
comedy and
idyllic poetry. In this context, her name means “flourishing,” because the praises in her songs flourish through time.
[1] Thalia was the daughter of
Zeus and
Mnemosyne, the eighth-born of the nine Muses. In art, Thalia was portrayed holding a comic mask, a
shepherd’s staff, or a
wreath of
ivy. According to pseudo-Apollodorus, she and
Apollo were the parents of the
Corybantes.
[2]
Cultural references
Thalia was portrayed by Actress Penelope Lagos in the 2008 TV pilot "Muse" written by Rudy Cecera.
Thalia also appeared in the Walt Disney original movie
Hercules
See also
Thalia also appeared as the short, stout, clumsy Muse in Disney's Hercules
References
- Theoi Project - Mousa Thaleia
- Apollodorus, ''Bibliotheca'', 1.3.4. Other ancient sources, however, gave the Corybantes different parents; see Sir James Frazer's note on the passage in the ''Bibliotheca''.