thyr·sus 
(thûrsəs)
(thûrsəs)n. pl. thyr·si (-sī)
Mythology
Mythology
A staff tipped with a pine cone and twined with ivy, carried by Dionysus, Dionysian revelers, and satyrs.
[Latin, from Greek thursos.]
thyrsusdetail of Bacchus and Ariadne by Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807)