Olive Branch Brooch in Gold-Plated Brass wrestling To this day

To this day

and aesthetic perfection in nature and Greek culture

‘Ptychoseis’ ( πτυχώσεις) = folds and pleats

is one of the oldest symbols of victory

caused Minos' wife Pasiphae to fall in love with the bull and mate with it

Olive Branch Brooch in Gold-Plated Brass wrestling To this dayThe olive tree was a symbol of prosperity, fertility, peace and euphoria. Greeks offered its branches as a wreath prize for the winners of the Olympic and Panathenaic Games. According to the Greek mythology, Goddess Athena gave the Athenians the first olive tree of the world, which sprouted where her spear struck; during the argument between her, and God Poseidon about which one would become the patron of Athens. Ancient Greeks loved the olive tree,