Thalia
[thuh-lahy-uh, they-lee-uh, theyl-yuh]
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noun Classical Mythology.
the Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry.
one of the Graces.
Origin of Thalia
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Only the Thalia has waxed in stature: and perhaps in wisdom also: but that is not in her favour.
Letters of Edward FitzGeraldEdward FitzGerald
In the second volume are p. 18Molière, and his wife Armande, crowned by the muse Thalia.
The LibraryAndrew Lang
"I don't tell you everything nowadays, 'Thalia," he said, briefly.
The Way to PeaceMargaret Deland
As his "Thalia" was an "overture to an imaginary comedy," so this, to an imaginary tragedy.
Contemporary American ComposersRupert Hughes
What had Thalia been about to allow the message of that morning to creep into her comedy?
A Modern Chronicle, CompleteWinston Churchill
Thalia
noun Greek myth
Word Origin for Thalia
C17: via Latin from Greek, from thaleia blooming
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