Ancient faiths embodied in ancient names: or, An attempt to trace the religious belief, sacred rites, and holy emblems of certain nations, by an interpretation of the names given to children by priestly authority, or assumed by prophets, kings, and hierarchs (1872)
ne of Bacchus. Amongst the gems depicted in this work, thethyrsus seems to he occasionally replaced by the cor-nucopia, caduceus, etc. In the Musee Secret (Herculanum et Pompei, parRoux Aine, Paris, 1840,) of the celebrated Museumof Naples, the thyrsus is present in most of the amor-ous scenes… … emblems respectively of the linga and the yoni.In plate x., Bacchus is represented with the thyrsusin one hand, whilst with the other he pours alibation from a cornucopia into an argha. Platesxix., xxvii., xxix., xxx., xxxi., xliv., liv. and lix., whichwe cannot judiciously either copy or describe,…
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