Olive Tree

OLIVE TREE.

HANDMADE, MADE OF BRONZE LEAVES, WITH COLLECTIBLE VALUE. Olive-tree, symbol of peace, protection, and fertility. Divine gift. Tree of good that is connected with rebirth and light.Symbol of peace and victory, symbol of immortality and euphoria. The olive for the ancient Greeks was a symbol of the Olympic ideals, Peace, Wisdom and Victory.

That is why the only prize that the Olympian victorius athletes received was a wreath, made from an olive branch.The “kotinos”. Inside the temple of Hera in Ancient Olympia, there was an olive tree, the “KALLISTEFANOS OLIVE TREE“, from which the branches of Kotinos were made.