Thalia (Grace)

In Greek mythology and religion, Thalia or Thaleia (/ˈθeɪlɪə/[1] or /θəˈlaɪə/;[2] Ancient Greek: Θάλεια Tháleia "the joyous, the abundance") was one of the three Charites, referred to as the Gratiae (Graces) within ancient Rome, along with her sisters Aglaea and Euphrosyne.[3]

Frank Weston Benson, Euphrosyne

Family

Typically, they were the daughters of Zeus and Oceanid Eurynome.[3] Alternative parentage may be Zeus and Eurydome, Eurymedousa, or Euanthe; Dionysus and Kronois; or Helios and the Naiad Aegle.[4][5][6]
Mythology

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.[7][8] The Greek word thalia is an adjective applied to banquets, meaning rich, plentiful, luxuriant and abundant.

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

In popular culture

The Charite Thalia is referred to in Neal Stephenson's book The Diamond Age.[9]
Thalia Grace is the demigod daughter of Zeus in the series Percy Jackson & the Olympians.[10]
Her brother, Jason Grace, keeps the last name, but is named after a Greek Hero named Jason.

Notes

http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/200089
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Thalia
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
Stephenson, Neal (1995). The diamond age or, Young lady’s illustrated primer. New York, NY: Bantam Spectra. pp. 240 & 283. ISBN 0-553-09609-5.

"Thalia Grace". Rick Riordan. Retrieved March 24, 2020.

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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