But she cried out, O my fleet hounds, we are hunted by these men; but follow me, follow, armed with thyrsi in your hands.
You will all fly, (and that will be shameful,) so as to yield your brazen shields to the thyrsi of the Bacchæ.
We learn from Diodorus Siculus, and Macrobius, that Bacchus converted the thyrsi carried by himself and his followers into weapons, by concealing an iron point in the head of leaves.
In a patch of rusty-gum forest we found Acacia equisetifolia, and the dwarf Grevillea of the upper Lynd in blossom; the thyrsi of scarlet flowers of the latter were particularly beautiful.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thyrsi" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
