olive wreath
Ancient victor's prize
An olive wreath is a circular crown made from olive branches, historically awarded to victors at the ancient Olympic Games and other Greek athletic competitions.
The wreath symbolized honor, peace, and achievement, with the olive tree being sacred to the goddess Athena.
Today olive wreaths appear in imagery related to the Olympics, peace movements, and classical antiquity, and they remain a symbol of victory and distinction.
- garlandDecorative strand of foliage
- AthenaGreek wisdom deity
- Greek godsHellenic divine beings
- Greek mythologyAncient Greek divine narratives
- Mount OlympusGreek gods' legendary home
victor's crown · Olympics · chaplet · victory · peace · peace treaties · sacred grove · crown · ancient Greece · Heracles · honor · athletics · iconography · heraldry · ceremonial rituals · reconciliation · Delphi · medals
- wreathsgarland, chaplet, circlet
- ancient athleticsOlympics, pentathlon, marathon, boxing, wrestling
- Ancient OlympiaOlympia, Temple of Zeus, stadium, Olympic Games, Zeus
- ancient garmentstoga, tunic, chiton, stola, pallium
- classical motifsacanthus, Greek key, guilloche, meander, volute
- Greek attirechiton, fibula, zone, aegis, thorax
olive wreathcrown of thorns
Braided barbed headpiece
dunce cap · scarlet letter · mark of shame · pillory · tar and feathers
olive wreathgold medal
Award for winning
Olympic medal · trophy · championship belt · Nobel Prize · MVP award
olive wreathlaurel wreath
Woven leaves honoring champions
sword · war banner · crossed swords · battle standard · iron cross