Thalia (Muse)

Thalia (. Altgr. Θαλία or Θάλεια, " flowering fortune, happy feast, festival", after AltGr θάλλειν thállein, bloom; pronunciation Note: emphasis Tha - ' li -a) in Greek mythology, one of the nine Muses.

She is the muse of poetry and comic entertainment. Later, Thalia was generally regarded as the patroness of all theaters playing sites. Your character, with which it is represented or described, the comic mask, the ivy wreath and the crook of the shepherd.

Mythology

It is considered a rural woman and is like all the muses, a daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne. The god Apollo she bore the Corybantes, priests who castrated themselves to be their goddess Cybele closer.

Representation in the ancient poets

In Virgil's sixth Eclogue Thalia acts as a learned and gentle muse, rural festivals and leisure stands close. In Horace ( carm. 4.6 ) but it shows up as one of the Graces, the " presides over the festival choirs of Roma nobilis ". Ovid ( Tr. 4,10,55 f ) Thalia is listed as a synonym for the love elegies written by him.