- In
Ancient Greece a
thyrsus (/ˈθɜːrsəs/) or
thyrsos (/ˈθɜːrsɒs/;
Ancient Gr****: θύρσος) was a wand or
staff of
giant fennel (Ferula communis) covered...
-
diplomat Thyrsos to
Cleopatra after she
threatened to burn
herself and vast
amounts of her
treasure within a tomb
already under construction.
Thyrsos advised...
- Coin of Dioscurias, late 2nd
century BC. Obverse: The caps (pilei) of
Dioscuri surmounted by stars; reverse:
Thyrsos, ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΑΔΟΣ...
- be initiated. On
another vase,
Dionysus sits on his
omphalos with his
thyrsos in his left hand,
sitting opposite Demeter,
looking at each
other severely...
- Museum, Room of the Muses), Rome
Abode Nysa
Symbol Wine, grapes, kantharos,
thyrsos, wineskin, panther,
donkey Genealogy Parents Pan, or
Hermes and Gaea Consort...
- Bromius,
another of the
names of Dionysus, saying, they "began to wave the
thyrsos ...
calling on Iacchus, the son of Zeus, Bromius, with
united voice." An...
- ****iniki
Hetaireia Archaiophilon (Societas ****enica Antiquariorum), and the
Thyrsos (Θύρσος) use a
combination of
terms interchangeably,
including "elliniki...
-
Raging maenad by the
Brygos Painter – she
holds a
thyrsos in her
right hand, her left is
swinging a
leopard through the air, and a
snake is
winding through...
-
leaves his
front exposed. He
gazes down at Ariadne, a tall
thyrsos in his left hand. The
thyrsos has a
circular cluster of
leaves and a gold
eagle with outstretched...
- can be
recognized as
belonging to the
thiasus by
their brandishing the
thyrsos, the
distinctive staff or rod of the devotee.
Other regulars of the retinue...
