ID: 901001561 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001561	Record Type: Character/Person

	Thalia (Greek muse)

Note: In Greek religion, one of the nine Muses, patron of comedy. 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. Not to be confused with a Grace and other Greek figures having the same name.

Names:

	Thalia (Greek muse) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Θάλεια (Greek muse) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Thalia (Greek muse) (I)

Related Iconography:

	member of .... Muses
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Muses (Greco-Roman deities)) [901001559]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... muse (deity)
	.....(deities, people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
	.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	symbolic attribute is .... comic mask
	.....(theatrical masks, masks (costume), costume by function, costume (mode of fashion), Costume (hierarchy name), Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	symbolic attribute is .... shepherd's staff
	.....(animal husbandry equipment, animal equipment, equipment by context, equipment, Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Thalia (Greek muse)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 92D423 Thalia (one of the Muses)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	................Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-)
	Θάλεια (Greek muse)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalia_(Muse)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Thalia," accessed 12 July 2017
	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/373159