Thyrsus images
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<p >A Bacchant holding a thyrsus: <i>Malice</i> by<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William-Adolphe_Bouguereau" title="William-Adolphe Bouguereau" >William-Adolphe Bouguereau</a> (1899)</p>
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Image 2 -
Roman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relief" title="Relief" >relief</a> showing a Maenad holding a thyrsus, 120-140 AD (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prado_Museum" title="Prado Museum" class="mw-redirect" >Prado Museum</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid" title="Madrid" >Madrid</a>).
 
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<i >Bacchus Triumphant</i> by<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Reinhard_Weguelin" title="John Reinhard Weguelin" >John Reinhard Weguelin</a>(1882)
 
Image 4 -
A Maenad using her thyrsos to ward off a Satyr, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-figure_pottery" title="Red-figure pottery" >Attic red-figure</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylix_(drinking_cup)" title="Kylix (drinking cup)" >kylix</a>, circa 480 BC
 
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