Goddess of festivity and rich banquets, and member of The Charites. Name literally means the joyous, or the abundance.

Thalia

Grace or charity, married to Hephaestus. Orphic Fragments compiled by Otto Kern say that by Hephaestus, Aglaea became mother of Eucleia ("Good Repute"), Eupheme ("Acclaim"), Euthenia ("Prosperity"), and Philophrosyne ("Welcome"). Name means Shining.

Aglaea

sometimes referred to as "the Proclaimer", is often represented with an open parchment scroll, a book, or a set of tablets. She is also shown with the heroic trumpet and the clepsydra (water clock).

Clio (history)

Goddess of Lyric Poetry, called "Giver of delight" by ancient poets. Some people believe that she invented the aulos or double-flute. Statue to this muse sits atop Chopin's grave.

Euterpe (flute)

Middle child of the Moirai, measured the thread of life allotted to each person with her measuring rod. Her Roman equivalent was Decima ("the Tenth").

Lachesis (allotter or drawer of lots)

Goddess of Tragedy and Chorus, said to be the mother of the sirens. Sings songs of mourning for people of note after they die, particularly for poets. Depictions may include a tragic mask, buskins, lyres, scrolls, and a crown of leaves. She may also be shown with a dagger and a cup.

Melpomene (tragedy)

Goddess of astronomy and stars; dresses in a cloak embroidered with stars and keeps her eyes and attention focused on the Heavens. She is usually represented with a celestial globe to which she points with a little staff, and depicted in modern art with stars above her head. She is able to foretell the future by the arrangement of the stars.

Urania (astronomy, astrology, and space)

Goddess who presided over comedy and idyllic poetry. In this context her name means "flourishing". 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, or occasionally a shepherd's staff or a wreath of ivy.

Thalia (comedy)

depicted as serious, pensive and meditative, and often holding a finger to her mouth, dressed in a long cloak and veil and resting her elbow on a pillar. Polyhymnia is also sometimes credited as being the Muse of geometry and meditation. Name is made of 'many' and 'praise'.

Polyhymnia (hymn)

Youngest of the Moirai, spun the thread of life from her distaff onto her spindle. Her Roman equivalent was Nona ("the ninth"), who was originally a goddess called upon in the ninth month of pregnancy.

Clotho (spinner)