[thuh-lahy-uh, they-lee-uh, theyl-yuh] 
| 1. | the Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry. |
| 2. | one of the Graces. |
| Tha·li·a (thə-lī'ə, thā'lē-ə, thāl'yə) n. Greek Mythology
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Thalia
in Greek religion, one of the nine Muses, patron of comedy; also, according to the Greek poet Hesiod, a Grace (one of a group of goddesses of fertility). She is the mother of the Corybantes, celebrants of the Great Mother of the Gods, Cybele, the father being Apollo, a god related to music and dance. In her hands she carried the comic mask and the shepherd's staff.
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