good cheer, happy thoughts
good cheer, happy thoughts, of the sleeping Astyanax, θαλέων ἐμπλησάμενος κῆρ Il. 22.504; ἐν σάλεσσι πολλοῖς ἥμενος Alcm. 10; θαλέεσσιν ἀνατρέφειν τινά Call. Supp. Hell. fr 287.—In form and accent pl. of θάλος, in meaning closer to θάλεια, θαλία.