Regardless of its origin or meaning, however, the owl went on to play a massive role in ensuring Greek prosperity. Consisting ...

Written by Associate Professor David PritchardThe Olympic Games immediately spring to mind when people think about sport in ...

Before them, on a table of ivory and gold, were the first Olympic prizes—olive-wreath ... obsessed ancient world (although contestants still had to be freeborn males of Greek descent).

Only men were allowed to compete in the Ancient Olympic Games. Women had their own games called Heraia. Victors at the Olympics and the Heraia won the same prize: an olive branch wreath from the ...