The olive wreath also known as kotinos was the prize for the winner at the ancient Olympic Games. It was a branch of the wild olive tree that grew at Olympia, intertwined to form a circle or a horse-shoe. The branches of the sacred wild-olive tree near the temple of Zeus were cut by a “pais amfithalis” (a boy whose parents were both alive) with a pair of golden scissors. Then he took them to the temple of Hera and placed them on a gold-ivory table. From there, the Hellanodikai (the judges of the Olympic Games) would take them, make the wreaths and crown the winners of the Games.[<br />CREDITS<br />Host - Deepthi, Script - Sujitha<br /><br />Subscribe: https://goo.gl/zmuXi6 Audio launch: https://goo.gl/K0vCt2 Interviews and features: https://goo.gl/Kn0XEZ Satellite chips: https://goo.gl/nePcRI Popcorn Reel: https://goo.gl/Zem8tm Latest cinema news: https://goo.gl/f7ca67 Latest trending videos: https://goo.gl/io1n8O<br />https://twitter.com/#!/Vikatan<br />https://www.facebook.com/Vikatanweb<br />https://soundcloud.com/vikatan<br />http://www.vikatan.com
