Olive Branch Brooch in Gold-Plated Brass wrestling the poor and the fugitives

the poor and the fugitives were also under Zeus's protection

death and rebirth

‘Ptychoseis’ ( πτυχώσεις) = folds and pleats

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

To this day

Olive Branch Brooch in Gold-Plated Brass wrestling the poor and the fugitivesThe 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,