Thalia (Charis)
Thalia ( Greek Θάλεια, Θαλία Tháleia, Thalía , from θάλλειν thállein , German 'lush growing' , especially with fruit trees) is the name of one of the three Charites (Roman: Graces), i.e. goddesses of grace in Greek mythology . Like her sisters Euphrosyne ("cheerfulness") and Aglaia ("the shining one"), she is the daughter of the Eurynomials and Zeus .
She embodies lushness, especially at parties and feasts.
reception
In the fantasy book series Percy Jackson by Rick Riordan which to sacrifice for the friends and devoted reawakened to life is demigoddess Thalia one of the main characters.
swell
- Hesiod Theogony 907-912
- Pindar Olympics 14.13-16
- Libraries of Apollodorus 1.13
- Pausania's description of Greece 9.35.5
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll , Adolf Furtwängler : Art. Charis, Chariten . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1.1, Leipzig 1886, Col. 873-884 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Charis Thalia in the Theoi Project