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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PepperAnna, post: 4396152, member: 17332&quot;]Hi Simona, Baby Bacchus is holding a thrysus.&nbsp; Here is a description from wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p>A <b>thyrsus</b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" rel="nofollow">/ˈθɜːrsəs/</a> or <b>thyrsos</b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" rel="nofollow">/ˈθɜːrˌsɒs/</a> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" rel="nofollow">Ancient Greek</a>: θύρσος) was a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wand" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wand" rel="nofollow">wand</a> or <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staff_of_office" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staff_of_office" rel="nofollow">staff</a> of giant fennel (<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferula_communis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferula_communis" rel="nofollow">Ferula communis</a></i>) covered with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy" rel="nofollow">ivy</a> vines and leaves, sometimes wound with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainia_(costume)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tainia_(costume)" rel="nofollow">taeniae</a> and topped with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine" rel="nofollow">pine</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conifer_cone" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conifer_cone" rel="nofollow">cone</a> or by a bunch of vine-leaves and grapes or ivy-leaves and berries, carried during <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greece" rel="nofollow">Hellenic</a> festivals and religious ceremonies.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyrsus#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyrsus#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a> The thyrsus is typically associated with the Greek god <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysus" rel="nofollow">Dionysus</a>, or his Roman counterpart Bacchus, and represents a symbol of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity" rel="nofollow">prosperity</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility" rel="nofollow">fertility</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonism" rel="nofollow">hedonism</a> similarly to Dionysus.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyrsus#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyrsus#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]370994[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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