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Bacchus- The Roman god of Wine, and was the Roman version of the Greek god Dionysus. He was the son of Jupiter and carries a wand tipped with a pine cone. The Maenads and Satyrs followed him carrying ivy-twined fir branches as thyrsi.

Satyrs- In Greek mythology the Satyrs are deities of the woods and mountains. They were demi-gods with the legs, hooves, and horns of goats and attended on the god Bacchus.

Mount Nysa-

Maenads- The female followers of Bacchus.

Summary: Catullus says that Bacchus and his followers were greatly upset by this happening and that they were shaking their spears in anger over what had happened to Theseus.