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The creation of harvest wreaths in Europe can be traced back to ancient times, and is associated with animistic spiritual beliefs. In Ancient Greece, the harvest wreath was a sacred amulet, using wheat or other harvested plants, woven together with red and white wool thread. The harvest wreath would be hung by the door year-round. [31]
The laurel wreaths of a triumphator were often worn by imperial portraits, as were radiate crowns. [21] According to Pliny the Elder, the Arval Brethren, an ancient Roman priesthood, were accustomed to wear a wreath of grain sheaves. [22] Crowns and wreaths were associated by early Christians with Roman paganism and Hellenistic religion. [21]
Wreaths and crowns in antiquity, including the laurel wreath, trace back to Ancient Greece. In Greek mythology, the god Apollo, who is patron of lyrical poetry, musical performance [a] and skill-based athletics, is conventionally depicted wearing a laurel wreath on his head in all three roles.
A wreath worn for purpose of attire (in English, a "chaplet"; [1] Ancient Greek: στέφανος, romanized: stéfanos, Latin: corona), [2] is a headdress or headband made of leaves, grasses, flowers or branches. It is typically worn on celebrations, festive occasions and holy days, having a long history and association with ancient pageants ...
The wreaths were made of gold foil, they were created to be buried with the dead but too fragile to be worn for everyday attire. [5] The myrtle leaves and blossoms on the myrtle wreath were cut from thin sheets of gold, stamped and incised details, and then wired onto the stems. [6] Many that survive today were found in graves.
An ear of barley, symbol of wealth in the city of Metapontum in Magna Graecia (i.e. the Greek colonies of southern Italy), stamped stater, c. 530–510 BCE. During the early time of Greek history, as shown in the Odyssey, Greek agriculture - and diet - was based on cereals (sitos, though usually translated as wheat, could in fact designate any type of cereal grain).
The olive wreath, also known as kotinos (Greek: κότινος), [1] was the prize for the winner at the ancient Olympic Games. It was a branch of the wild olive tree [ 2 ] Kallistefanos Elea [ 3 ] (also referred to as Elaia Kallistephanos ) [ 4 ] that grew at Olympia , [ 5 ] intertwined to form a circle or a horse-shoe.
The Thesmophoria (Ancient Greek: Θεσμοφόρια) was an ancient Greek religious festival, held in honor of the goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone.It was held annually, mostly around the time that seeds were sown in late autumn – though in some places it was associated with the harvest instead – and celebrated human and agricultural fertility.