Olive wreath
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Olive wreath
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The olive wreath, also known as kotinos, was the prize for the winner at the ancient Olympic Games. It was a branch of the wild olive tree Kallistefanos Elea that grew at Olympia, intertwined to form a circle or a horse-shoe. The branches of the sacred wild-olive tree near the temple of Zeus were cut by a pais amphithales with a pair of golden scissors. Then he took them to the temple of Hera and placed them on a gold-ivory table. From there, the Hellanodikai would take them, make the wreaths an
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Prize at the ancient Olympic Games
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive_wreath
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2023-05-02T15:50:37Z
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