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thyrsus

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thyr·sus  (thûrss)
n. pl. thyr·si (-s)
1. Mythology A staff tipped with a pine cone and twined with ivy, carried by Dionysus, Dionysian revelers, and satyrs.
2. Botany A thyrse.
[Latin, from Greek thursos.]
thyrsus [ˈθɜːsəs]
n pl -si [-saɪ]
1. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a staff, usually one tipped with a pine cone, borne by Dionysus (Bacchus) and his followers
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a variant spelling of thyrse
[from Latin, from Greek thursos stalk]
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Noun1.thyrsus - a dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymosethyrsus - a dense flower cluster (as of the lilac or horse chestnut) in which the main axis is racemose and the branches are cymose
thyrse
flower cluster - an inflorescence consisting of a cluster of flowers
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Repeated pine reference echoes the thyrsus, a staff crowned by a pinecone and carried bv the maenads.
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The character is named Thyrsus in North's Plutarch.
Lives and letters in Antony and Cleopatra by Stewart, Alan / Shakespeare Studies
The conjunction here--doubtless intended by Solomon to convey the compatibility of Classical and Christian ideals--gains added subversiveness from the fact that in Classical representations Bacchus sometimes carried a thyrsus in one hand and a vagina-invoking wine-cup in the other.
The naughtiest Victorian by Canning, Richard / The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
 
 
 
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