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Thyrsus

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bearersnounOne who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
thyrsenoun(botany) A type of inflorescence; a compact panicle having an obscured main axis and cymose subaxes.
thriambusnouna name of Dionysus
strophalosnounA wheel or spinner that is an emblem of the Greek goddess Hecate.
tropaionnounAn ancient Greek or Roman monument set up to commemorate a victory over foes, and typically shaped like a tree, sometimes with a pair of arm-like branches.
caduceusnounA symbol (☤) representing a staff with two snakes wrapped around it, used to indicate merchants and messengers. It is also sometimes incorrectly substituted for the rod of Asclepius as a symbol of medicine.
dithyrambosnounAlternative form of dithyramb. [A raucous and ardent choral hymn sung in ancient Athens in honor of the god Dionysus.]
rod of asclepiusnoun(medicine) Synonym of Aesculapian staff.
skyphosnounA deep two-handled wine cup of Ancient Greece.
phallophorianounA ceremonial procession, in honour of Dionysus, in which a phallus is carried
sabaziosnounA god of the Phrygians and Thracians, depicted on horseback wielding a staff of power.
tauroctonusnounBull-sacrificer: an epithet of the god Mithras.
hermnounOne of the Channel Islands and part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
chrysobullnoun(religion) golden bull
hermesnoun(Greek mythology) The herald and messenger of the gods, and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft.
acoetesnoun(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) One of several mythological characters.
tauroctonynoun(Mithraism, historical, art) A depiction (typically in relief or sculpture) of Mithras killing a bull; associated with the practice of Mithraism (as a cult) in the Roman Empire.
bacchantenounA female bacchanal.
tholosnounA dome, or domed building; a cupola.
orthrusnoun(Greek mythology) A two-headed dog who guarded Geryon's cattle and was killed by Heracles.

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