thyrsus

• For those who have to do with initiations say that there are many thyrsus-bearers, but few really inspired. —  Christentum als mystische Tatsache und die Mysterien des Altertums. English
• How else Shall ye contrast my frieze to come beneath The bas-relief in bronze ye promised me Those Pans and Nymphs ye wot of, and perchance Some tripod, thyrsus, with a vase or so The Saviour at his sermon on the mount Saint Praxed in a glory, and one Pan 60 Ready to twitch the Nymph's last garment off And Moses with the tables. —  An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry
• 542. The thyrsus was a long staff, carried by Bacchus, and by the Satyrs and Bacchanalians engaged in the worship of the God of the grape. —  The Metamorphoses of Ovid Vol. I, Books I-VII
• The faces of the two satyrs and the head of the thyrsus are also much mutilated. —  The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1
• Wherefore should Thebes, sacred scene of the miracle, be one blossom of revellers, clad in motley and waving the thyrsus, the whole land maddening with the dance. —  Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

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