The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil . pare Bion, Idyll, i., 32, Tciivra kiyovri, tcai ai dpvec.) 29-31. Curru. Old form of the dative, for currui.—Thiasos indu-cere Bacchi. The introduction of the sacred processions of Bac-chus. By thiasos are here meant sacred processions, accompa-nied with dancing and song. The word is derived, according tosome, from aioc, the JBolic for -&eoc. Heyne makes induccre equiv-alent here to the simple ducerc, to lead up. Wagner, however,explains it more correctly as follows : Inducere dicitur de Us, quinovum morcm introducunt, primi aliquid faciunt.—Bacchi. T
The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil . pare Bion, Idyll, i., 32, Tciivra kiyovri, tcai ai dpvec.) 29-31. Curru. Old form of the dative, for currui.—Thiasos indu-cere Bacchi. The introduction of the sacred processions of Bac-chus. By thiasos are here meant sacred processions, accompa-nied with dancing and song. The word is derived, according tosome, from aioc, the JBolic for -&eoc. Heyne makes induccre equiv-alent here to the simple ducerc, to lead up. Wagner, however,explains it more correctly as follows : Inducere dicitur de Us, quinovum morcm introducunt, primi aliquid faciunt.—Bacchi. This isthe true reading, not Baccho, as Brunck would prefer. The dativewould imply, what the poet does not mean, namely, that the tkmmshad not previously existed. Daphnis merely introduces them intoquarters where they had not previously been adopted ; but they hadbeen invented elsewhere long before. Et folds lentas, &c. A description of the Thyrsus. This was apole carried by the worshippers of Bacchus in the celebration of. NOTES ON ECLOGUE V. 1G1 his orgies. It was twisted round with branches of vine and ivy,and was sometimes terminated by the apple of the pine or fir-cone,that tree being dedicated to Bacchus, in consequence of the use ofthe turpentine which flowed from it, and also of its cones, in themaking of wine. The monuments of ancient art, however, mostcommonly exhibit, instead of the pine-apple, a bunch of vine or ivyleaves, with grapes or berries arranged in the form of a cone. Thepreceding wood-cut shows the head of a thyrsus, composed of theleaves and berries of the ivy, and surrounded by acanthus leaves. In the following cut, a fillet is tied to the pole just below thehead, and the pole itself is bare. This fillet was often used, andwas of a white colour.
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