THALEIA or THALIA

1. One of the nine Muses, and, at least in later times, regarded as the Muse of Comedy. (Theogony of Hesiod 77) She became the mother of the Corybantes [Cabeiri and Cybele.] by Apollo. (Apollodorus i)

2. A daughter of Nereus and Doris. (Theogony of Hesiod 248)

3. A daughter of Hephaestus, and by Zeus, the mother of the Palici.

4. One of the Charites. (Theogony of Hesiod 901, Apollodorus i)