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The fabulous history of Bacchus relates that he converted the thyrsi carried by himself and his followers into dangerous weapons, by concealing an iron point in the head of leaves. [5] Hence his thyrsus is called "a spear enveloped in vine-leaves", [6] and its point was thought to incite to madness. [7]
27 wrz 2024 · Dionysus, also called Bacchus, in Greco-Roman religion, a nature god of fruitfulness and vegetation, especially known as a god of wine and ecstasy. In early Greek art he was represented as a bearded man, but later he was portrayed as youthful and effeminate.
His thyrsus, a fennel-stem sceptre, sometimes wound with ivy and dripping with honey, is both a beneficent wand and a weapon used to destroy those who oppose his cult and the freedoms he represents. [7] Those who partake of his mysteries are believed to become possessed and empowered by the god himself. [8]
Dionysos' most distinctive attribute was the thyrsos, a pine-cone tipped staff. His other attributes included a drinking-cup (kantharos), fruiting grapevines and a panther. The god was usually clothed in a long robe (chiton) and cloak (himation) and crowned with a wreath of ivy-leaves.
Dionysus is often depicted in Greek carvings and vase paintings as holding a staff, or thyrsus (θύρσος), which serves as his attri-bute as well as his symbol in that it is used to identify his female followers, the Maenads (Figure 1).
24 sty 2020 · Thyrsus is considered Dionysus most preferred weapon of choice. The thyrsus, which is described as an ivy vine-covered staff, could be used by Dionysus to turn water into wine. He also used thyrsus to induce his followers into an ecstatic frenzy or madness.
Thyrsus, in Greek religion, staff carried by Dionysus, the wine god, and his votaries (Bacchae, Maenads). In early Greek art the Bacchae were usually depicted as holding branches of vine or ivy, but after 530 bc the staff to which the name thyrsus properly applied began to be shown as a stalk of.
