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Thalia   /θˈeɪljə/   Listen
Thalia

noun
1.
(Greek mythology) the Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry.
2.
(Greek mythology) one of the three Graces.





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"Thalia" Quotes from Famous Books



... the nine muses? Well, there was Terpsichore—her disciples are spoken of every day in the newspapers. And then there was the muse of History, whose name possibly was Thalia, and the muse of Poetry, whose name I could not recall. I fared much better with the apostles: Peter and Paul, of course, and John and James, and Judas and Matthew, and Mark and Luke; ...
— The Patient Observer - And His Friends • Simeon Strunsky
... invent the incidents of an imaginary tale be the higher task, we need not stop to discuss. But the young author was just now like the great actor in Sir Joshua's picture, between the allurements of Thalia and Melpomene, still doubtful whether he was to be a ...
— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley
... nine (Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania). ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming
... First my Thalia stooped in sportive mood To Syracusan strains, nor blushed within The woods to house her. When I sought to tell Of battles and of kings, the Cynthian god Plucked at mine ear and warned me: "Tityrus, Beseems a shepherd-wight to feed fat sheep, But sing a slender ...
— The Bucolics and Eclogues • Virgil


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