• Source: Thalia (Grace)

      • In Greek mythology, Thalia or Thaleia ( or ; Ancient Greek: Θάλεια, romanized: Tháleia, lit. 'the joyous, the abundance') was one of the three Charites or Graces, 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, they were the daughters of Zeus and Oceanid Eurynome. Alternative parentage may be Zeus and Eurydome, Eurymedousa, or Euanthe; Dionysus and Kronois; or Helios and the Naiad Aegle.


      In art


      In art, they 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.







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      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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