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A laurel wreath is a symbol of triumph, a wreath made of connected branches and leaves of the bay laurel (Laurus nobilis), an aromatic broadleaf evergreen. It was also later made from spineless butcher's broom (Ruscus hypoglossum) or cherry laurel (Prunus laurocerasus). It is worn as a chaplet around the head, or as a garland around the neck.
BBC Sport's chief football writer, Phil McNulty, has been answering your questions. Thee asked: Do you think United can get top four with Tottenham and Aston Villa having dropped points, the ...
The 2024 election saw a record 263 women returned to Parliament, including 190 female Labour MPs.
Meaning: "serving at the pleasure of the authority or officer who appointed". A Mediaeval legal Latin phrase. durante munere: while in office: For example, the Governor General of Canada is durante munere the Chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order of Canada. dux: leader: dux bellorum: leader of wars
Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder Hugo Larsson warned that his side "won't rest on our laurels" as they warmed up for what is a Europa Conference League dead rubber in Aberdeen with a stunning 5-1 ...
Apollo (already wearing a laurel wreath) and Daphne, Antakya Archaeological Museum Parthenius' tale was known to Pausanias , who recounted it in his Description of Greece (2nd century AD). According to him, Leucippus was a son of the prince of Pisa , whose attempts to woo her by open courtship all failed, as Daphne avoided all males. [ 16 ]
The Crown of Immortality, held by the allegorical figure Eterna (Eternity) on the Swedish House of Knights fresco by David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl. The Crown of Immortality is a literary and religious metaphor traditionally represented in art first as a laurel wreath and later as a symbolic circle of stars (often a crown, tiara, halo or aureola).
Even in the glow of a champagne performance in Paris, Poland's newly-crowned French Open champion Iga Swiatek stuck to still water as she celebrated a maiden Grand Slam success and offered a ...