Thais

Thais or Thaïs may refer to the following.

• Person, of Ancient Greece:
  • Thaïs, a celebrated hetaera during the era of Alexander (356-323)
  • Thais of Athens, a 1972 historical novel by Ivan Efremov

• Person, of Roman Egypt in the 4th century:
  • Thaïs (saint), repentant courtesan, who is recorded in the Apophthegmata Patrum or Lives of the Desert Fathers
  • Thaïs (novel), an 1890 novel by Anatole France
  • Thaïs (opera), an 1894 opera by Jules Massenet
  • Thaïs, a 1911 play by Paul Wilstach, performed at the Criterion Theatre in London

• Films or songs (probably more or less relevant to one of the above):
  • "Thaïs", two songs by This Mortal Coil from the 1986 album Filigree & Shadow
  • Thaïs (Italian film), a 1917 film directed by Anton Giulio Bragaglia
  • Thais (American film), a 1917 film directed by Sam Goldwyn
    • several other silent films named Thaïs of the early 20th century

• Other:
  • Thaís (born 1987), Brazilian footballer (full name Thaís Helene da Silva)
  • Thais, a fictional city in Tibia (first release 1997) and in Aveyond (first release 2004)
  • Thais (gastropod), a genus of gastropod mollusc

As plural of Thai:

• People of Thailand, or of China and Southeast Asia:
  • Thai people, the main ethnic group of Thailand
  • Thai peoples or Tai peoples, the ethnic groups of southern China and Southeast Asia

See also

• Thai (disambiguation)