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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Thyrsus

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

THYR'SUS (θύρσος). A thyrsus; that is, a long pole, with an ornamental head, formed by a fir cone, or by ivy, or vine-leaves, which was carried by Bacchus and his votaries at the celebration of their rites (Hor. Od. ii. 19. 8. Stat. Theb. ix. 614.), and originally consisted of a spear, with its point concealed by the above device. (Macrob. Sat. i. 19. Sen. Herc. Fur. 904.) The illustration (Thyrsus/1.1) shows the three ways of decorating the head of a thyrsus just described; with ivy leaves on the left, vine-leaves on the right, and by a fir cone in the centre, all from Pompeian paintings; but the complete instrument, with its shaft, is exhibited by the preceding wood-cut.

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