Thalia (Muse)

Thalia
Goddess of Comedy
Member of the Muses
Roman statue of Thalia from Hadrian's villa, now at the Prado Museum (Madrid)
Personal information
Parents	Zeus and Mnemosyne
Siblings	Euterpe, Polyhymnia, Urania, Clio, Erato, Calliope, Terpsichore, Melpomene and several paternal half-siblings
Consort	Apollo
Children	the Corybantes

In Greek mythology, Thalia (/θəˈlaɪə/^[1][2] or /ˈθeɪliə/;^[3] Ancient Greek: Θάλεια; "the joyous, the flourishing", from Ancient Greek: θάλλειν, thállein; "to flourish, to be verdant"), also spelled Thaleia, was one of the Muses, the goddess who presided over comedy and idyllic poetry. In this context her name means "flourishing", because the praises in her songs flourish through time.^[4]