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Round about him, fair Bacchantes, Bearing cymbals, flutes, and thyrses, Wild from Naxian groves, or Zante's Vineyards, sing delirious verses.
From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
"Round about him fair Bacchantes, Bearing cymbals, flutes and thyrses, Wild from Naxian groves or Zante's Vineyards, sing delirious verses."
From Bulfinch's Mythology: the Age of Fable by Bulfinch, Thomas
They struck lamps with thyrses to quench them.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah
Around the quadriga ran men who shook thyrses ornamented with ribbons; others beat drums; others scattered flowers.
From Quo Vadis: a narrative of the time of Nero by Curtin, Jeremiah