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[German version] (θύρσος; thýrsos). A wood or reed staff with a crown of ivy or wine leaves at the end; in place of the crown of leaves depictions (cf. [1]) also show a pinecone. The thyrsos is primarily in Attic vase painting one of the main attributes of Dionysus, his followers (Maenads and Satyrs) and Ariadne. As an actual cult object the thyrsos was carried by adherents of the cult of Dionysus, as well as by his priests (Ael. VH 13,2). The etymology of the word is uncertain; the stem thyrs- is a part of a number of plant names. The sacred plant of Dionysus (Narthex [1]) is occasionally (e.g. Eur. Bacch. 188; 251) also used in the sense of thyrsos staff. Tsochos, Charalampos (Erfurt) Bibliography 1 F.-G. v. Papen, Der Thyrsos in der griechischen und römischen Literatur und Kunst, 1905.

This item can be found on the following maps: Theatre | Peloponnesian War | Pompeius | Education / Culture (Σαμοθράκη; Samothrákē). [German version] I. Geography and history Island (178 km2, with Mount Phengari, 1161 m) in the northern Aegean Sea, 30 km out from the Tracian coast, rich in water, with a narrow and flat beach and lacking in natural harbours. There are isolated traces of Neolithic settlements (near Karyotai and Mikro Vuni), in the Bronze Age it was occupied by Thracians. In c. 700 BC, S. was settled by Greek colonists, probably by Aeolis [1] of Lesbos, who founded the only city on the island - S. as well - in the northwest (near Palaiopolis, well preserved city wall from the Archaic Period, minting of silver coins beginning in the 6th cent. BC, cf. HN 263). The continued existence of the Tracian language (inscriptions up to the 4th cent. BC) points to a peaceful co-existence of the population groups. From the late 6th cent. BC on, S. was under Persian rule and part…

[German version] (θυμέλη/ thymélē; etymology already disputed among ancient authors; derivations mentioned are from the verbs thýein, 'sacrifice', or títhēmi, 'place, stand'). Thymele (and correspondingly the adjective thymelikós…

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[English version] Dieser Ort ist auf folgenden Karten verzeichnet: Bodenschätze | Mykenische Kultur und Archäologie Prähistor. Siedlung an der SO-Küste de…

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