god
Thalia
also: Thalea
The Muse of comedy and light verse, whom Ovid makes patron of his playful elegiac instruction.
Reading notes
- The Art of Love §1.10 Thalia
The Muse of comedy and light verse, riding 'unequal wheels' (the elegiac couplet); patron of Ovid's playful instruction.
- The Festivals §5.proem Thalia
The Muse of comedy and light verse, here 'skilled at the curved lyre.'
- Sorrows §4.10 Thalia
The Muse of light and festive poetry; Ovid's name for his own elegiac talent, 'known not slowly.'