A staff entwined with ivy, and surmounted by a pine cone, or by a bunch of vine or ivy leaves with grapes or berries. It is an attribute of Bacchus, and of the satyrs and others engaging in Bacchic rites. [
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"A good to grow on graves
As twist about a thyrsus."
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"In my hand I bear
The thyrsus, tipped with fragrant cones of pine."
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