[390] Mollis, from the conical bunch of vine or ivy leaves, with grapes or berries, in which the thyrsus ended. Dict. A. ‘Thyrsus.’ So E. 5. 31, “foliis lentas intexere mollibus hastas.” Or ‘mollis’ may itself be i. q. “lentus.” Amata's words in oratione recta would be: “Tu solus virgine dignus; etenim tibi mollis sumit thyrsos.” She represents her daughter in the act of devoting herself to Bacchus.
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