Thaleia in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

Thaleia or THALIA (Θάλεια, Θαλία). 1. One of the nine Muses. and, at least in later times, regarded as the Muse of Comedy. (Hes. Theog. 77.) She became the mother of the Corybantes by Apollo. (Apollod. 1.3.4; Plut. Sympos. 9.14.) 2. A daughter of Nereus and Doris. (Hom. Il. 18.39; Hes. Theog. 248 ; Verg. G. 4.338, Aen. 5.826.) 3. A daughter of Hephaestus, and by Zeus, the mother of the Palici. (Serv. ad Aen. 9.584; Steph. Byz. s. v. παλική.) 4. One of the Charites. (Hes. Theog. 909 ; Apollod. 1.1.3; Paus. 9.35.1.) - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, William Smith, Ed.