Definition: The wine and revelry god Dionysus and his followers carried a thrysos. This was a special staff twined with ivy. Sometimes the thyrsos is shown with a pine cone on top.
Alternate Spellings: thyrsus
Common Misspellings: thrysos
Thyrsos
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Dionysus Greek God - Bacchus Roman God
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