Greek Muses, Thalia, and Melpomene. Thalia was the Muse of comedy (the laughing face),
1a : a medieval narrative that ends happily
• Dante's Divine Comedy
b : a literary work written in a comic style or treating a comic theme
• the ancient Romancomedies of Plautus
2a : a drama of light and amusing character and typically with a happy
ending
• a comedy about parenthood
b : the genre of dramatic literature dealing with the comic or with the serious in a light or satirical manner — compare tragedy
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