What is "thalia"

Thalia \Tha*li"a\, n. [L., fr. Gr. Qa`leia, originally, blooming, luxuriant, akin to qa`llein to be luxuriant.] (Class. Myth.)

1. That one of the nine Muses who presided over comedy.

2. One of the three Graces.

3. One of the Nereids.

fem. proper name, from Latinized form of Greek Thaleia, "the joyful Muse," presiding over comedy and idyllic poetry, literally "the blooming one," fem. proper name from adjective meaning "blooming, luxuriant, bounteous," from thallein "to bloom," related to thalia "abundance," thallos "young shoot" (see thallus). Also the name of one of the three Graces, patroness of festive meetings.

n. (context botany English) Any of the genus ''Thalia'' of tropical plants found in aquatic or marshy habitats.

__notoc__ Thalia (; ; "the joyous, the flourishing", from , thállein; "to flourish, to be verdant"), also spelled Thaleia, was the Muse who presided over comedy and idyllic poetry. In this context her name means "flourishing", because the praises in her songs flourish through time. She was the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, the eighth-born of the nine Muses.

According to pseudo-Apollodorus, she and Apollo were the parents of the Corybantes. Other ancient sources, however, gave the Corybantes different parents.

She was portrayed as a young woman with a joyous air, crowned with ivy, wearing boots and holding a comic mask in her hand. Many of her statues also hold a bugle and a trumpet (both used to support the actors' voices in ancient comedy), or occasionally a shepherd’s staff or a wreath of ivy.

Ariadna Thalía Sodi-Miranda Mottola (; born 26 August 1971), known mononymously as Thalía, is a Mexican singer, songwriter, published author, actress, and entrepreneur.

She has sung in various languages apart from her native Spanish, including English, Filipino, French and Portuguese. She is recognized as the most successful and influential female Mexican singer worldwide. She is often referred to as the "Queen of Latin Pop" by international media, mainly because of her legacy within the Latin pop music scene for the last three decades. As a solo artist, she has sold over 40 million records worldwide She has had dozens of Top 10 singles, 16 of which went to No.1 and she has received numerous accolades, including 5 Latin Billboard awards (from 17 nominations), several Premios Juventud and Lo Nuestro awards, as well as 7 Latin Grammy nominations.

As an actress, Thalía has starred in a variety of successful telenovelas that aired in over 180 countries and she is publicly referred to as the "Queen of telenovelas" by the media across the world. The media company Televisa has named her the best-paid telenovela actress in history.

In 2011, Terra Networks included her in its list of "powerful and iconic women in Latin music". She is also an occasional fashion designer, has her own nationally syndicated radio show and is the author of four books, including her memoir. On December 5, 2013, she was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as a recognition for her music career.

Thalia, Thalía, Thaleia, or Thalian (; Greek: Θάλεια from θάλλειν "to bloom") may refer to:

Thalía is the seventh studio album by Mexican singer Thalía. It was released on 21 May 2002 by EMI Latin. The follow-up to her successful sixth studio album, Arrasando (1999), the album sees Thalia collaborating with previous producers Emilio Estéfan, Jr. and Cory Rooney, while working for the first time with Estéfano, Julio C. Reyes and Steve Morales. Thalía incorporates strong elements of pop rock, while also having Latin pop influences. Lyrically, the album touches on themes of self-empowerment and individuality. It also features two covers and a new version of an old Latin classic.

The album received generally positive reviews from music critics, who praised the album and indicating that Thalía has found her sound. Four singles were released from the album: the lead single " Tú y Yo" became a hit in Thalía's music career peaking at number-one on the Billboards Hot Latin Tracks. The second single " No me enseñaste" was another success on the Hot Latin Tracks chart, while the third single " ¿A quién le importa?" was another top-ten hit on the same chart. The album went straight to number one, spending six consecutive weeks on Billboard's Top Latin Album Chart and Top Latin Pop Albums. It also reached the top of the Mexican chart and was certified Gold.

Thalia is a genus of six currently recognized species found in aquatic or marshy habitats, ranging in Africa from Senegal to Sudan to Zimbabwe, and in the Americas from Illinois to Argentina. Alligator-flag is a common name for plants in this genus. The generic name is in honor of Johannes Thal (1542–1583), a German doctor who wrote a Flora of the Harz Mountains.

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Thalia ( Thalía, "Abundance"), in ancient Greek religion, was one of the three Graces or Charites with her sisters Aglaea and Euphrosyne. They were usually found dancing in a circle. They were the daughters of Zeus and either the Oceanid Eurynome or Eunomia, goddess of good order and lawful conduct. Thalia was the goddess of festivity and rich banquets. The Greek word thalia is an adjective applied to banquets, meaning rich, plentiful, luxuriant and abundant.

Thalía is the eighth studio album by Mexican recording artist Thalía, released on July 8, 2003 by Virgin Records and EMI Latin. It is her first English-language album, and shares a title with Thalía's 1990 and 2002 Spanish-language albums.

Four singles were released from the album. In the United States, " I Want You" was the album's most popular song, peaking at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number seven in the Mainstream chart. It is her only song to date that has charted within the Billboard Hot 100. In Greece, the song peaked number twenty-six in Top 50 singles sales. The Spanish version of the song, " Me Pones Sexy" was released for the Spanish-languaged audience and also perform quite well on the Latin Charts, peaking within the top ten of the Hot Latin Tracks at number nine. "Baby I'm in Love" was the second single, but performed poorly; the Spanish version "Alguien Real" did not appear on any of the Latin Charts. " Don't Look Back" was released as a remix single and did well on Billboard Dance Charts. The fourth single " Cerca de Ti" peaked at number one on the Hot Latin Tracks. "Closer to You", the English version of the song, was eventually cancelled, however it peaked at #4 on Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.

The Japanese release, retitled "I Want You", was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of Japan. In Mexico the album was certified Gold in November 17, 2003. The album had modest success in the United States, selling 196,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

Thalía is the eponymous debut solo album by Mexican singer Thalía, produced by Alfredo Diaz Ordaz and released in Mexico by Fonovisa Records in 1990. The album consisted of 80's rock, disco, pop, and ballads. The singles "Un Pacto Entre Los 2" and "Saliva" were highly controversial due to their suggestive themes, but were nonetheless highly successful, and are now considered Thalía classics along with "Amarillo Azul" and "Pienso En Ti".

The album was certified 2x Platinum in Mexico for shipments of 200,000.

To celebrate Thalía's 25 anniversary as a solo artist, as for December 2014, this album is available in the digital platforms iTunes and Spotify.

In Greek mythology, Thalia ( Tháleia or Θάλια Thália, "the Joyous, the Flourishing", from θάλλειν / thállein, "to flourish, to be green") is a nymph, the child of Hephaestus. She is also given as an anthropomorphic secondary deity of plant life and shoots, possibly as the culmination of the transmission of knowledge on volcanic ash's use as a fertiliser, characteristic of ancient viticulture in volcanic soils such as those of the islands of Thera and Santorini.

The tradition surrounding her is confused, but she is probably confused with the Muse, Grace or Nereid of the same name. Macrobius's Saturnales (song V) states how Zeus seized this Thalia whilst he was in the form of an eagle, as he did with Aegina, Leto and Ganymede. He then made love to her near the river Symethe on Sicily and then buried her in the ground to avoid Hera's jealousy. Her twin children, the Palici, were thus born from the earth, though other authors make the Palici the sons of Hephaestus.

In Greek mythology Thalia is one of the fifty known Nereids, daughters of Nereus and Doris. She is mentioned as one of the 32 Nereids who gather on the coast of Troy from the depths of the sea to mourn with Thetis for the future death of her son Achilles in Homer's Iliad (book I, verse 39).

Thalia was a German magazine on history, theatre, culture, philosophy, literature and politics. It was set up in 1784 by Friedrich Schiller while he was poet to the National Theatre Mannheim. It was named after the ancient Greek Muse or Grace of the same name. It closed in 1791.

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Thalia is a chain of more than 200 book shops in Germany (a country with fixed book prices), Austria and Switzerland.