olive crown

British  

noun

1. (esp in ancient Greece and Rome) a garland of olive leaves awarded as a token of victory

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olive crown

Plus a poem, a song, and perhaps an olive crown.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

But only one can win the olive crown.

From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2013

A festive meal on this day was given to the family, the doors being decorated with an olive crown for a boy, with wool for a girl.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)

Her fillet and her olive crown proclaim The priestess.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

Now Greek meets Greek again, but wrestling now Is not as on old Ilion's shore, I trow; Not now the olive crown, the long-wool'd sheep, Is prize; 'tis Power they strive to win and keep.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, June 25, 1892 by Various