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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 13006539, member: 5833&quot;]It&#039;s called a t<i>hyrsus</i>, a staff with a pine cone head, often beribboned (filleted), carried by Dionysus/Bacchus and his followers, maenads/bacchantes.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It would be a cupid, representing the freewheeling carnal passion of the bacchanale.&nbsp; The other is of course a young satyr, also representative of lust.</p><p><br /></p><p>The panther is the companion animal of Dionysus; he is often depicted draped in a panther skin.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]557864[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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