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Looking for sentences and phrases with the word thyrsus? Here are some examples.
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Sentence Examples
| He is dressed a maenad, with a long linen dress covered by a fawnskin, a thyrsus in his hand, a long blond wing bound with a ribbon on his head. |
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| A thyrsus was a sacred implement at religious rituals and festivals. |
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| The champagne was done, and she upturned the bottle to hold it like a thyrsus. |
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| From all sides the familiar shout is raised and Achilles once more brandishes the thyrsus. |
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Examples from Classical Literature
| Come, O thou of golden face, brandishing your thyrsus along Olympus, and restrain the insolence of the blood-thirsty man. |
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| The common Lilac has its flowers disposed in a kind of panicled raceme called a thyrsus. |
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| The faces of the two satyrs and the head of the thyrsus are also much mutilated. |
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| He is surrounded by his usual rout of attendants, one of whom bears a thyrsus. |
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| But shall I be more like a bacchant holding the thyrsus in my right hand, or in this? |
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| The thyrsus, however, was a javelin twisted with ivy-leaves, used in the sacrifices of Bacchus. |
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| Since I shall never tire, neither night nor day, striking the earth with the thyrsus. |
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| The spears were wrapped round with ivy, and the thyrsus had a sharp point. |
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| A contracted or elongated inflorescence of this sort is called a thyrsus. |
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