Greek mythology
Thalia
Muse of comedy, ivy-crowned with the laughing mask
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Siblings
- Euterpe · Terpsichore · Clio · Melpomene · Urania · Calliope · Polyhymnia · Erato
- Group
- Muses
- Appears in
- Orpheus and Eurydice
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Thalia is the Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry, one of the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. She carries the comic mask and wears a wreath of ivy, presiding over laughter and the festive stage. From her flow the verses that delight and the wit that lightens the world.
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- Who is Thalia?
- Thalia is the Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry, one of the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. She carries the comic mask and wears a wreath of ivy, presiding over laughter and the festive stage. From her flow the verses that delight and the wit that lightens the world.
- Which mythology does Thalia belong to?
- Thalia belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Thalia appear in?
- Thalia appears in Orpheus and Eurydice, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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