''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 The Mannheim National Theatre (german: Nationaltheater Mannheim) is a theatre and opera company in Mannheim, Germany, with a variety of performance spaces. It was founded in 1779 and is one of the oldest theatres in Germany. History In the 18 ...

. The headquarters was in

Leipzig Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...

. Schiller's poem "

An die Freude "Ode to Joy" (German: , literally "To heJoy") is an ode written in the summer of 1785 by German poet, playwright, and historian Friedrich Schiller and published the following year in '' Thalia''. A slightly revised version appeared in 1808, ch ...

" was first published in ''Thalia'' in 1786. It was named after the ancient Greek

Muse In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses ( grc, Μοῦσαι, Moûsai, el, Μούσες, Múses) are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the ...

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of the same name. It closed in 1791.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thalia (magazine) Cultural magazines published in Germany Defunct literary magazines published in Germany Defunct political magazines published in Germany History magazines Magazines established in 1784 Magazines disestablished in 1791 Magazines published in Leipzig Philosophy magazines Theatre magazines Works by Friedrich Schiller