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In Greek mythology Apollo is represented wearing a laurel-wreath, and wreaths were awarded to victors, both in athletic competitions and poetic meets under his care. Dionysus is crowned with a wreath of ivy (in his wild and dangerous aspect), or with the vine, as the inventor of civilizing wine. An oak wreath, wherever it is carved, recalls Zeus, who had usurped the ancient oak-grove oracle at DodonaAt Dodona (ancient Greek: modern Dodoni in Epirus, northwestern Greece, was a prehistoric oracle devoted to the Greek god, Zeus and the Mother Goddess identified at other sites with Rhea or Gaia, but here called Dione. The shrine of Dodona was the oldest. Wreaths of roseAbout 100, see text References: 2002-05-29 A rose is a flowering shrub of the genus Rosa and the flower of this shrub. Description There are more than a hundred species of wild roses, mostly from the temperate northern hemisphere. The species form a groups are a late addition to the imagery of AphroditeAphrodite (φροδτη, "risen from sea-foam") is the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Worship The epithet Aphrodite Acidalia was occasionally added to her name, after the spring she used to bathe in, located in Boeotia ( Virgil.

Funeral wreaths were a Roman custom. They often appear carved on sacophagiA sarcophagus is a stone container for a coffin or body. The word comes from Greek sarkophagos sigma;αρκοφαγο&sigmaf , which means "eater of flesh". Herodotus believed, erroneously, that sarcophagi (the Lati.

A wreath made of mostly evergreenThis article is about plant types. For other uses see Evergreen (disambiguation Evergreen has two meanings in relation to plants: Evergreen means a plant retaining its foliage year-round (a botanist would say the leaves are persistent or not ''deciduous . tree twigs, sometimes with pinecones and/or a bow made of red ribbon is a common ChristmasChristmas (literally, the Mass of Christ) is a traditional holiday in the Christian calendar which takes place on the twenty-fifth day of December and celebrates the nativity of Jesus Christ. Christmas is also celebrated as a secular holiday throughout mu decoration.