 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1845 - 684 ページ
...making wine. The monuments of ancient art, however, most commonly exhibit, instead of the pine-apple, a bunch of vine or ivy leaves, with grapes or berries, arranged into the form of a cone. 393 Nova tecta. "New abodes ;" i. «., the recesses of the forests and mountains.... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1846 - 676 ページ
...making win«. The monuments of ancient art, however, most commonly exhibit, instead of the pine-apple, a bunch of vine or ivy leaves, with grapes or berries, arranged into the form of a cone. Very frequently, also, a white fillet was tied to the pole just below the... | |
 | William Smith, Charles Anthon - 1846 - 402 ページ
...making wine. The monuments of ancient art, however, most commonly exhibit, instead of the pine-apple, a bunch of vine or ivy leaves, with grapes or berries, arranged into the form of a cone". The annexed cut shows the head of a thyrsus composed of the leaves and berries... | |
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1847 - 708 ページ
...making wine. The monuments of ancient art, however, most commonly exhibit, instead of the pine-apple, a bunch of vine or ivy leaves, with grapes or berries, arranged into the form of a cone. 392-396. Fama volât. That is, the rumour of this conduct on the part of the... | |
 | William Smith - 1851 - 366 ページ
...making wine. The monuments of ancient art, however, most commonly exhibit, instead of the pine-apple, a bunch of vine or ivy leaves, with grapes or berries, arranged into the form of a cone'. The annexed cut shows the head of a thyrsus composed of the leaves and berries... | |
 | Quintus Horatius Flaccus - 1854 - 510 ページ
...— 8. Thyrso ; the staff carried by Bacchus : it was surmounted with a pine-cone, or more commonly, a bunch of vine, or ivy leaves, with grapes or berries arranged into the form of a cone. It was supposed to madden those it touched. — 9. Fas mihi, the yod permits... | |
 | Virgil - 1872 - 972 ページ
...making wine. The monurw is of ancient art, however, most commonly exhibit, instead of ne pineapple, a bunch of vine or ivy leaves, with grapes or berries, arranged into the form of a cone The annexed woodcut, taken from a marble ornament (Man. Matth , u. . tab. 86).... | |
 | Harry Augustus Bliss - 1912 - 252 ページ
...(thur'sus), n., plur. THYRSI (tlnir'-ri). A staff entwined with ivy and surmounted by a pine cone or by a bunch of vine or ivy leaves with grapes or berries. It Ls an attribute of Dionysus and the Satyrs. TOMB (loom), n. (A) A pit, house, or vault for the dead... | |
 | Ernest Small, National Research Council Canada - 2006 - 440 ページ
...(see fenugreek Curiosities). • A thyrsus (plural thyrsi) is a staff surmounted by a pine cone or by a bunch of vine or ivy leaves with grapes or berries. The followers of Bacchus (= Dionysius), the classical Greek god of wine, used thrysi made with fennel... | |
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Bacchus in consequence of the use of the turpentine which flowed from it, and also of its cones, in making wine. The monuments of ancient art, however, most commonly exhibit, instead of the pine-apple, a bunch of vine or ivy leaves, with grapes or berries,... 