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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 907 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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THYRSUS (the latinized
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form of Gr. Bupaos, a
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stem or stalk)  the wand or
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staff of
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Dionysus (Bacchus), the Bacchants and
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Maenads and the votaries taking
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part in his orgiastic
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rites . As commonly represented on the monuments it was a straight staff terminating in a
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pine
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cone, a ribbon or
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fillet being attached to the
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head below it . Another
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form terminated in a bunch of grapes and
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vine leaves, or
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ivy-berries and leaves . The pine-cone or bunch of leaves was sometimes supposed to
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cover the head of a
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spear, and the
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thyrsus was termed OvpvbXoyxos (see DIONYSUS and
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MYSTERY) .

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