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Thalia
Goddess of festivity and rich banquets
Member of The Charites
A statue of Thalia in Achilleion palace, Corfu
Affiliation	Aphrodite
Major cult centre	Boeotia
Abode	Mount Olympus
Genealogy
Parents	Zeus and Eurynome
Siblings	Euphrosyne and Aglaea and several paternal half-siblings

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In Greek mythology, Thalia or Thaleia (/ˈθeɪliə/ or /θəˈlaɪə/; 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.

• Thalia depicted with her sisters in Antonio Canova's sculpture The Three Graces

Notes

1. "Home : Oxford English Dictionary". www.oed.com. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
2. "Definition of THALIA". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
3. ^ Hesiod, Theogony, 907
4. Cornutus, Compendium of Greek Theology, 15
5. Nonnus, Dionysiaca, 15.87 & 48.530
6. Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9.35.5
7. Homeric Hymn 5 to Aphrodite, 58
8. 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.

• Greek goddesses
• Children of Zeus
• Children of Dionysus