Thalia (Grace)

In Greek mythology, Thalia or Thaleia ( or ; ) was one of the three Charites, along with her sisters Aglaea and Euphrosyne.

The Greek word thalia is an adjective applied to banquets, meaning rich, plentiful, luxuriant and abundant.

Family

Typically, she was a daughter of Zeus and Oceanid Eurynome. Alternative parentage may be Zeus and Eurydome, Eurymedousa, or Euanthe; Dionysus and Koroneia; or Helios and the Naiad Aegle.

In art

In art, she and her sisters were usually depicted dancing in a circle. Thalia was the goddess of festivity and rich banquets and was associated with Aphrodite, as part of her retinue.

Notes

References

• Apollodoros, Library (I, 3, 1).
• Hesiod, Theogony (v. 907–909).
• Orphic Hymns (LIX on the Charites).
• Pausanias, Description of Greece (IX, 35, 1).
• Pindar, Odes (Olympics, 14, str. 1–2).
• Grimal, Pierre, over&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996, . "Thalia" 2. p. 442.
• Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). "Thaleia" 4.