| 单词 | thyrsus |
| 例句 | Strands of ivy spiral magically around two stafflike rods, called thyrsi, on the entablature, but the leaves also overlap as they would in nature. Gouthière at the Frick: Gilding the Lily (and Everything Else) 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z Bacchus is generally represented as a handsome youth, crowned with ivy or grape leaves and clusters, bearing the thyrsus, an ivy-circled wand, as scepter, and riding in a chariot drawn by panthers or leopards. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z She used to be followed with many attendants, who had each a thyrsus with serpents twined round it. Ophiolatreia An Account of the Rites and Mysteries Connected with the Origin, Rise, and Development of Serpent Worship in Various Parts of the World 2012-03-01T03:00:28.303Z In one hand he holds a thyrsus composed of grapes and vine leaves, and in the other a cup or vase, from which a serpent springs, to indicate poison. The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein 2012-02-02T03:04:33.900Z Sometimes the thyrsus is replaced by ivy leaves, which, like the fig, are symbolic of the triple creator. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z Drunken Bacchantes danced before them, waving the thyrsus, hand in hand with fauns and satyrs; they encircled a triumphal car, drawn by spotted lynxes. Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z The citizens he addressed, intoxicated with revel, smote him with palm-leaves or thyrsi and haled him with them, as their fellow, seeking Flora. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z His hair stood on end at sight of the reckless impossible posture of a M�nad, who, with flowing hair and head thrown back, only balanced herself by the weight of her thyrsus. The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine 2011-09-21T02:00:27.670Z He carries in his hand a thyrsus—that is, a staff encircled by ivy and grape leaves; a troop of demons and drunken satyrs follow him. The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies 2011-09-12T02:00:29.450Z The figure of the god stands upon a pillar of three stones, and it bears a thyrsus from which depend two ribbons. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z She waved a thyrsus, and pressed the grapes to her mouth.... Psyche 2011-11-15T03:00:18.293Z And after them came one, crowned with grape-leaves, with a thyrsus in his hand, but he had shining black curls, the silken beard and the crimson cheeks of a Jew. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z And of the pillars four were made to resemble palm-trees, and they had in the centre a representation of thyrsi. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Crowned with a chaplet of Ghanna leaves and with his knob-kerrie for thyrsus, he might have easily passed for a youthful but disreputable Dionysus. Lodges in the Wilderness 2011-06-15T02:00:17.057Z The goddess in plate 8, is nude, and carries in her hand the tripliform arrow, emblem of the male triad, whilst in the other she bears a thyrsus, terminating in a pine or fir cone. Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, On The Assyrian Sacred "Grove," And Other 2012-01-05T03:00:28.663Z Never a nymph excited by the mysterious Dionysius shook her thyrsus over the heads of her companions with as much energy as your genius trembles in the hearts of your brothers. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z Surely this arm could smite The wild earth with its thyrsus, day and night, And faint not! The Bacchae of Euripides 2011-02-06T03:00:51.907Z A little Watteau shepherd in blue-and-silver, like moonlight, dashed his crook against the thyrsus of a Bacchante crowned with grapes, who wore a leopard's skin over her left side, and buskins with gold ribbons. Sentimental Education Vol 1 2011-01-04T03:01:07.467Z As Bacchus was the god of vintage, of wine and of drinkers, he is generally represented crowned with vine and ivy leaves, with a thyrsus in his hand. Heathen Mythology They were clothed in fawn-skins, crowned with ivy, and bore in their hands thyrsi, that is spears entwined with ivy, or having a pine-cone stuck on the point. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Atrebates to Bedlis The thyrsus is the symbol of your astonishing duality, O powerful and venerated master, dear bacchanal of a mysterious and impassioned Beauty. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z And upon a strange black altar, a tiny woman with silver hair and a long thyrsus in her right hand. Elegy The thyrsus, however, was a javelin twisted with ivy-leaves, used in the sacrifices of Bacchus. The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem Bacchus is sometimes represented like an infant, holding a thyrsus and clusters of grapes, with a horn. Heathen Mythology A panther-skin was around the upper portion of his body, a purple apron about his loins, a thyrsus staff in his huge but loosely hanging right hand. The Scarlet Banner The symbol of their worship was a thyrsus--a pole ending with a bunch of vine or ivy leaves, or with a pine cone and a fillet. Greek Women The young god, beautiful as a woman, nude, and crowned with vines and roses, was riding on a panther, waving his thyrsus. Sónnica A plant extends along part of another compartment, possibly allusive to their medical virtues; and, to show that Bacchus was not forgotten, beneath lies a thyrsus with a double head. Old and New London Volume I Another has a spear with its pine cane, which was the thyrsus; another dances with mad voluptuousness; the fourth is beating a kind of tambourine. Heathen Mythology Stripping off the panther-skin, and throwing down the thyrsus, he flung the brown cloak of the leader of the horsemen over his bare shoulders. The Scarlet Banner I am intent on the subtle movements of my rod, round which my thoughts and fancies wind and blossom till they have made a thyrsus of it. Hypolympia Or, The Gods in the Island, an Ironic Fantasy She presses to her bosom the infant Iacchus, crowned with the eternal ivy, and bearing in his hand the thyrsus. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life A mantle of panther's fur swept from her shoulders, her arms and her bust were laden with heavy necklaces and bracelets taken from some Etruscan tomb, and she waved a golden thyrsus. Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) She had in her hand a symbol, or badge, called the thyrsus, which was an ornamented staff, or pole, surmounted with a carved representation of a bunch of grapes, and with other ornaments and emblems. Nero Makers of History Series These, as stole, we disallow Or judge of thee meant: only thou His true Indian conquest art; And, for ivy round his dart, The reformed god now weaves A finer thyrsus of thy leaves. Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce They were not letters that thy hand's White clay did write, but like the mystic seal Of Solomon, it scratched a magic knot; And thy forefinger moved within thy hand Like fair Dionysus' thyrsus blossoming! Life Immovable First Part The upper part is painted with lines, between which are depicted griffins in repose, baskets with thyrsi, branches of herbs, and other objects. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life Rachis not fragile; spikelets in cylindrical silvery thyrsus 18. A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses The thyrsus was always used in the rites and festivities celebrated in honor of Bacchus. Nero Makers of History Series These, as stale, we disallow, Or judge of thee meant: only thou His true Indian conquest art; And, for ivy round his dart, The reformèd god now weaves A finer thyrsus of thy leaves. The Book of Humorous Verse There remains, Daphnæus, one more kind of madness in man, neither obscure nor tranquil, as to which I should like to ask Pemptides here, 'What god it is that shakes the fruitful thyrsus?' Plutarch's Morals Of the other two, which are almost effaced, one represents an aged Faun, holding in his hands a thyrsus and a vase; the other a young woman conversing with an African slave. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life His right hand is extended in a commanding attitude, and his left holds a thyrsus or staff of the papyrus, pointing out the principle of humidity, and the fertility thence flowing, under his direction. Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) The faces of the two satyrs and the head of the thyrsus are also much mutilated. The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 Next, give thou me that thyrsus in thy hand. Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy The triple-footed seat from which the priestesses of Apollo at Delphi delivered the oracles. thyrsus. Browning's Shorter Poems The deity himself, crowned with ivy and berries, clothed in a short tunic and a pallium agitated by the breeze, holds in his right hand the thyrsus, and lifts his left in token of admiration. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life These, as stale, we disallow, Or judge of thee meant: only thou His true Indian conquest art; And, for ivy round his dart, The reform�d god now weaves A finer thyrsus of thy leaves. English Satires And running upon her as Bacchanals without their thyrsus, as a heifer in the mountains they bore her away in their hands, and again eagerly rushed upon the daughter of Jove to slay her. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. At the touch of their thyrsus the rock yields dew and the soil wine; their fingers lightly scraping the soil draw streams of exquisite milk, and honey distils from their ivied staffs. Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy These, as stale, we disallow, Or judge of thee meant; only thou His true Indian conquest art; And for ivy round his dart The reformed god now weaves A finer thyrsus of thy leaves. Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry Another winged figure preceding the quadriga, with a thyrsus in his left hand, is in the act of seizing the bridle of one of the animals. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life My friend, the time of storms is flying before the pretty child called April, who pursues it with his blooming thyrsus. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873 A thyrsus in your hand, and the dappled hide of a deer. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. Wherefore should Thebes, sacred scene of the miracle, be one blossom of revellers, clad in motley and waving the thyrsus, the whole land maddening with the dance. Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy It was a rocky shore, and down by the sea sat a beautiful youth with a panther skin over his shoulder, with vine leaves in his hair, with thyrsus in his hand. Invisible Links He is surrounded by his usual rout of attendants, one of whom bears a thyrsus. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The thudding of their hooves shook the ground, and the clash of their timbrels and the rustling of their thyrsi filled the air. Widdershins But shall I be more like a Bacchant holding the thyrsus in my right hand, or in this? The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. These, as stale, we disallow, Or judge of thee meant; only thou His true Indian conquest art; And, for ivy round his dart, The reform�d god now weaves A finer thyrsus of thy leaves. The Works of Charles Lamb in Four Volumes, Volume 4 Evoe! my mind trembles with recent dread, and my soul, replete with Bacchus, has a tumultuous joy, Evoe! spare me, Bacchus; spare me, thou who art formidable for thy dreadful thyrsus. The Works of Horace "Take away from Apollo his lyre, from Bacchus his thyrsus and vine-leaves, and from Meleager the boar's head, and there will remain little or no difference in their characters." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843 As he raises his voice of thrilling and unvarying sweetness, his steps reel, he waves the thyrsus, and his flushed cheek shows the inspiration of the vine. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 Since I shall never tire, neither night nor day, striking the earth with the thyrsus. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. There is ivy enough for a thyrsus, and I almost feel ready to enact a sort of Bacchus triumphalis 'for jollitie,' as I see it already planted, and looking in at me through the window. The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) A lion's skin, with the head and claws attached, form a sort of drapery, and the introduction of the thyrsus, the lituus, and three bacchanalian masks on each side, complete the embellishments. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 366, April 18, 1829 It traversed Thrace and Asia, reveling in company with four hundred male attendants, who were equipped with thyrsi and fawn-skins and did no harm. Dio's Rome, Volume 6 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus And Alexander Severus Waxen white, pendulous, liliaceous flowers in a great thyrsus. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) Next yield up this thyrsus out of your hands. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. In the center of the temple Bacchus is seen standing, holding a thyrsus in his left hand, and a cup in his right. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 He is an idealist reveling in color: a Platonist brandishing the thyrsus of the Menads. Amiel's Journal She was in Greek dress, and some yards away from her was the clay study—a maenad with vine wreath, tambourine, thyrsus, and floating hair—for which she was posing. The History of David Grieve Bacchus, who, clad in fawnskins, leaps and bounds With torch and thyrsus in the choral dance Along Parnassus. The Frogs Come, O thou of golden face, brandishing your thyrsus along Olympus, and restrain the insolence of the blood-thirsty man. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. Then the altar in front of Jupiter becomes lighted, and, at the same time, milk and water spurt from his thyrsus, while his cup pours wine over the panther. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 It is to be regretted that he did not oftener allow himself to be carried away by the stroke of the thyrsus, which impelled him to strive for the meed of praise. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Also the border of vine-leaves and crossed thyrsi; though that, to be sure, is usual enough. The Westcotes He remembers the old oracle: "In the Bacchic procession many carry the thyrsus, but few are inspired." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 11, September, 1858 But she cried out, O my fleet hounds, we are hunted by these men; but follow me, follow, armed with thyrsi in your hands. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. Then occurs another outflow from the thyrsus and cup, and another round of the bacchantes to the sound of drums and cymbals. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 On each side of the arch other girls stood by threes, while a row of six was arranged across the gate of the arch with thyrsi in their hands. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century In one of his own introductory lectures he compares his pieces aptly enough to the bacchante's thyrsus with its steel point concealed. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 In a patch of rusty-gum forest we found Acacia equisetifolia, and the dwarf Grevillea of the upper Lynd in blossom; the thyrsi of scarlet flowers of the latter were particularly beautiful. Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 And our fingers must beware of the thyrsus, tossed about so wantonly by himself and his chorus. Greek Studies: a Series of Essays The milk and wine which flowed out at two different times through the thyrsus and cup of Bacchus came from a double reservoir hidden under the roof of the temple, over the orifices. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 A pink house with green shutters, half-hidden amid the sombre foliage, appears at the end of an alley of lilacs, "which sway in the spring under the weight of their balmy thyrsi." Fabre, Poet of Science High up on the wall of their temple is a representation of the thyrsus and timbrels, which surely suits no other god than Bacchus. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Their heads were helmeted with triple brass, and impenetrable to the heaviest blows of the thyrsus of Bacchus. The Golden Dog But for that purpose they must put on the long tunic, and that spotted skin which only rustics wear, and assume the thyrsus and ivy-crown. Greek Studies: a Series of Essays There are “many thyrsus bearers, few mystics,” many are called, few chosen. How to Fail in Literature; a lecture There is another gay Bacchanalian, in the attitude of dancing, crowned with ivy, holding in her right hand a bunch of grapes, and in her left the thyrsus. Travels through France and Italy In his hand he holds a long thyrsus. Yet Again The Graceful Superstition was never silent; every, the most household, action of their lives was entwined with it—it was a portion of life itself, as the flowers are a part of the thyrsus. Last Days of Pompeii Dionysus has been taken prisoner; he is led on to the stage, with his hands bound, but still holding the thyrsus. Greek Studies: a Series of Essays This crown of mine Is of the holly; in my hand I bear The thyrsus, tipped with fragrant cones of pine. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
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