Thiasus (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Thiasus or Thiasos (Ancient Greek: Θίασός means 'Bacchic revel, rout') may refer to:

Thiasus, one of the leaders of the satyrsNonnus, 14.105 who joined the army of Dionysus in his campaign against India.Nonnus, 14.106 Thiasus, the ecstatic retinue of Dionysus.

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Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. Online version at the Topos Text Project. Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.