The Muses
- Looks after
- Comedy
- Often shown with
- The comic mask, ivy.
Thalia
Θάλεια
Thalia is the Muse of comedy, named for the flourishing. A different Thalia is one of the three Graces.
Thalia, whose name means the blooming one, is one of the nine Muses. She became the Muse of comedy, and is shown with a comic mask and a shepherd's crook, or a wreath of ivy.
There is a second Thalia, one of the three Graces (Charites), the daughters of Zeus and Eurynome. The two are different figures with the same name.
In later art and language
The Thalia Theater in Hamburg and many other theatres carry her name.
Ancient sources
- Hesiod, Theogony 77, 909