Thalia was a German magazine on history, theatre, culture, philosophy, literature and politics.[1] It was set up in 1784 by Friedrich Schiller while he was poet to the National Theatre Mannheim. The headquarters was in Leipzig.[1] Schiller's poem "An die Freude" was first published in Thalia in 1786. It was named after the ancient Greek Muse or Grace of the same name. It closed in 1791.[1]