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Thyrsus
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
An attribute of Dionysus, being a staff or spear entwined with ivy leaves and a cone at the top; carried by the devotees of the god on festive occasions; the cone was presumed to cover the spear point, a wound from which was said to cause madness.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Thyrsus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/t/thyrsus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.