Thalia (grace)
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In Greek mythology
, Thalia (Θαλία / Thalía, "Abundance") was one of the three Graces
or Charites with her sisters Aglaea
and Euphrosyne
, and a daughter of Zeus and the Oceanid Eurynome
or the hour Eunomia
. She presided over festive celebrations and rich and luxurious banquets.
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...
, Thalia (Θαλία / Thalía, "Abundance") was one of the three Graces
Grâces
Grâces is a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Bretagne in northwestern France.-Population:Inhabitants of Grâces are called gracieux.-External links:*...
or Charites with her sisters Aglaea
Aglaea
Aglaea or Aglaïa is the name of several figures in Greek mythology.-Charis:The youngest of the Charites, Aglaea or Aglaia was one of three daughters of Zeus and the Oceanid Eurynome. Her other two sisters were Euphrosyne, and Thalia. Together they were known as the Three Graces, or the Charites...
and Euphrosyne
Euphrosyne
Euphrosyne is a Greek female name; Phroso or Froso is its more common derivative. Euphrosyne may refer to:* 31 Euphrosyne, one of the largest main belt asteroids* Boloria euphrosyne, a butterfly* Euphrosyne , a genus of flowering plants...
, and a daughter of Zeus and the Oceanid Eurynome
Eurynome (oceanid)
Eurynome was a deity of ancient Greek religion worshipped at a sanctuary near the confluence of rivers called the Neda and the Lymax in classical Peloponnesus. She was represented by a statue of what we would call a mermaid...
or the hour Eunomia
Eunomia (goddess)
Eunomia was a minor Greek goddess of law and legislation, and one of the daughters of Themis and Zeus.-Mythology:...
. She presided over festive celebrations and rich and luxurious banquets.
In popular culture
- Thalia (as one of the Three Graces) is referred to in Neal StephensonNeal StephensonNeal Town Stephenson is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction.Difficult to categorize, his novels have been variously referred to as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, and postcyberpunk...
's book The Diamond AgeThe Diamond AgeThe Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer is a postcyberpunk novel by Neal Stephenson. It is to some extent a science fiction bildungsroman, focused on a young girl named Nell, and set in a future world in which nanotechnology affects all aspects of life. The novel deals with themes of...
. - Thalia (surname Grace) is a demigod in the series Percy Jackson and the OlympiansPercy Jackson and the OlympiansPercy Jackson & the Olympians is a pentalogy of adventure and fantasy fiction books authored by Rick Riordan. The series consists of five books, as well as spin-off titles such as The Demigod Files and Demigods and Monsters. Set in the United States, the books are predominantly based on Greek...
as the daughter of Zeus who is hunted down by Hades (Lord of the Underworld). While protecting Luke Castellan, Grover Underwood, and Annabeth Chase, she is turned into a tree by her father Zeus outside of Camp Half-Blood. Thalia is later expunged out of the tree with the Golden Fleece in the second book. In the third book, she goes on a quest with Perseus Jackson (main protagonist), Grover Underwood (satyr), Zoe Nightshade (lieutenant of Artemis' Hunt), and Bianca di Angelo (child of Hades) to save Annabeth from the clutches of the Titans. In the end, she becomes one of Artemis' hunters. Later on in the book The Lost HeroThe Lost HeroThe Lost Hero is a 2010 fantasy-adventure novel written by Rick Riordan and is based on Greek and Roman mythology. It is the first book in the series The Heroes of Olympus, the next series about Camp Half-Blood. It was preceded by the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series, which focused solely on...
it is revealed that she has a brother Jason GraceJason GraceJason Grace is a fictional character and the protagonist in Rick Riordan's The Heroes of Olympus book series, the sequel to the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series. He first appears in The Lost Hero, the first novel of the series, as a 15 or 16-year-old boy suffering from amnesia...
whose memory is lost.
Primary sources
- Apollodoros, LibraryBibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)The Bibliotheca , in three books, provides a comprehensive summary of traditional Greek mythology and heroic legends, "the most valuable mythographical work that has come down from ancient times," Aubrey Diller observed, whose "stultifying purpose" was neatly expressed in the epigram noted by...
(I, 3, 1). - HesiodHesiodHesiod was a Greek oral poet generally thought by scholars to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. His is the first European poetry in which the poet regards himself as a topic, an individual with a distinctive role to play. Ancient authors credited him and...
, TheogonyTheogonyThe Theogony is a poem by Hesiod describing the origins and genealogies of the gods of the ancient Greeks, composed circa 700 BC...
(v. 907-909). - Orphic hymns (LIX on the Charites).
- Pausanias, Description of Greece (IX, 35, 1).
- PindarPindarPindar , was an Ancient Greek lyric poet. Of the canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, his work is the best preserved. Quintilian described him as "by far the greatest of the nine lyric poets, in virtue of his inspired magnificence, the beauty of his thoughts and figures, the rich...
, Odes (Olympics, 14, str. 1-2).