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(We may state here that the Thyrsus was the mystic-wand carried by the
Mystic Christianity William Walker Atkinson 1897
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Thyrsus handed him a sword; Octavian tested the blade and found it sharp as a razor.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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Thyrsus asked Octavian as darkness fell and palace servants came with torches to light the area.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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Thyrsus had rolled the body inside the rug, but it was so long that the feet protruded.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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Then Thyrsus and Epaphroditus joined him and the three women were restrained.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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Thyrsus scrabbled inside the rug, emerged with it.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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The rod of the ancient Bacchus was his Thyrsus, with which he separated the waters of the Orontes, the Hydaspus, and the Red Sea.
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Proculeius, Thyrsus, and Epaphroditus ranged themselves along the tent wall out of eyeshot of both participants in this drama, hardly breathing from their terror.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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Thyrsus had rolled the body inside the rug, but it was so long that the feet protruded.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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“Proculeius, Thyrsus, go in through the opening at the top of that scaffolding.”
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
zaneselvans commented on the word Thyrsus
A thyrsus is a staff made from a giant fennel stalk, topped with a pinecone. It symbolizes the unity of the cultivated (fennel) and the wild (pine) in Dionysian worship.
August 30, 2009