THALIA
"And Polyhymnia lays aside her psalms:
The fair Thalia smiles with brighter grace,
And gay Terpsichore suspends her pace."
H.P. Lovecraft, R. Kleiner, Laureatus, In Heliconem
"THALEIA (Thalia) was one of the nine Mousai (Muses), the goddesses of
music, song and dance. In the Classical era, when the Mousai were
assigned specific artistic and literary spheres, Thaleia was named Muse
of comedy and bucolic poetry. In this guise she was portrayed with the
attributes of comic mask, shepherd's staff and wreath of ivy."
Aaron J. Atsma, The Theoi Project: Greek Mythology
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