laurel wreaths
Champion's leafy headwear
Laurel wreaths are circular arrangements of laurel branches and leaves, traditionally worn as crowns to honor victors in ancient Greece and Rome.
The practice extended from athletic champions to poets and military conquerors.
Today the term appears mostly figuratively: to rest on one's laurels is to coast on past achievements rather than pursue new ones.
- neoclassicismMovement emulating antiquity's forms
- acanthus leavesArchitectural plant motif
- festoonsDecorative hanging chains
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- chapletDecorative head wreath
garland · victory · victory lap · winners circle · gold medal · Roman emperors · Julius Caesar · Apollo · Greek gods · Olympic Games · ancient · circlet · Daphne · military honors · symbol · bravery medals · classical motifs · honor
- Ancient RomeRome, Julius Caesar, Caesar, gladiator, gladiators
- ornamentationornaments, ornament, ornamentation, ornamental, embellishment
- triumph celebrationsvictory parades, triumphal arches, victory speeches, fanfares, cheering
- coin imageryeagles, portraits, crowns, wreaths, shields
- decorative motifsscrolls, flourishes, swirls, spirals, curls
- insigniabadges, coat of arms, insignia, seal, emblems
laurel wreathsdunce caps
Conical punishment headwear
scarlet letters · pillory · crowns of thorns · stocks · tar and feathers
laurel wreathsdefeat
Victory over another
loss · last place · failure · wooden spoon · disqualification
laurel wreathsgold crowns
Monarchs' precious metal headpieces
wreath, laurel, laudable, laurels, bay leaf, laureate, baccalaureate, bay leaves, laureled