Thalia (Grace)
| Thalia | |
|---|---|
| Member of The Charites | |
 A statue of Thalia in Achilleion palace, Corfu | |
| Major cult centre | Boeotia |
| Abode | Mount Olympus |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Zeus and Eurynome |
| Siblings | Euphrosyne and Aglaia |
In Greek mythology, Thalia or Thaleia (/ˈθeɪliə/[1] or /θəˈlaɪə/;[2] Ancient Greek: Θάλεια, romanized: Tháleia, lit. 'the joyous, the abundance') was one of the three Charites, along with her sisters Aglaia and Euphrosyne.[3]
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.[3] Alternative parentage may be Zeus and Eurydome, Eurymedousa, or Euanthe; Dionysus and Koroneia; or Helios and the Naiad Aegle.[4][5][6]
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.[7][8]
Thalia depicted with her sisters in Antonio Canova's sculpture The Three Graces
Notes
- ↑ "Home : Oxford English Dictionary". www.oed.com. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- ↑ "Definition of THALIA". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
- 1 2 Hesiod, Theogony, 907
- ↑ Cornutus, Compendium of Greek Theology, 15
- ↑ Nonnus, Dionysiaca, 15.87 & 48.530
- ↑ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9.35.5
- ↑ Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite, 58
- ↑ Homer, Iliad, 8.360-369
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, ISBN 978-0-631-20102-1. "Thalia" 2. p. 442.
- Smith, William; Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London (1873). "Thaleia" 4.
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