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- It's a thyrsus. - What's a thyrsus?
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A fennel staff, tipped with a pine cone.
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Is there no limit to your ignorance?
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The thyrsus is the symbol of the god, Dionysus.
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The cook must have been a maenad.
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She would rather diethan reveal their secrets to you.
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Who are these maenads?
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They're the female followers of Dionysus.
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They have a temple high in the mountains,
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in the Forest of Nysa.
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It is said to be a magical realm.
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Any man who sets foot there is killed by their satyrs.