
	Where results make sense

Topic: Kotinos

Related Topics

Olympic rings

Stadion

Olympic Games

Ancient Olympic Games

1948 Winter Olympics

Olympic flag

Olive

Skeleton (sport)

Dan Hibiki

Polyethene

Street Fighter

Adon

Ancient Greece

Sagat

Tamil language

	Olympics 2004
		The kotinos (a branch from an olive tree intertwined in a circle - the wreath) is directly related to the history of the ancient Olympic Games.
		At the time, the kotinos was the official award of Olympic champions and was generally acknowledged as the most honorable prize.
		The kotinos is therefore also an emblem of the city where democracy and civilization were founded.
	www.swim2000.org /Olympics/olympics_2004.htm (1046 words)

	THISDAYonline
		According to sports historians the wild olive wreath, or "kotinos", was the highest honour that could be bestowed on a citizen.
		It was also the prize awarded to the winners in the ancient Olympics - an event that was marked by a truce among the warring city states of Greece.
		That same heritage was used to good effect by millionaire Gianna Angelopoulos, head of the Athens organising committee and the woman who led the successful bid in 1997 to bring the Games back to Greece.
	www.thisdayonline.com /archive/2004/02/16/20040216spo02.html (960 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The 2004 Olympic Games emblem portrays an olive wreath, or kotinos, a branch from an olive tree intertwined in a circle.
		The emblem is a reference to the ancient Olympic Games, where the kotinos was the official award of Olympic champions.
		The colours of the emblem symbolise the shades of white and blue found in the Greek countryside.
	www.olympic.org /uk/games/athens/open_embleme_uk.asp (68 words)

	Olymp-Ian: Athens 2004 [Information] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		It was selected from 690 entries submitted to the international competition for its design, by 242 candidates in 14 countries.
		The 2004 Olympic Games emblem portrays an olive wreath, or kotinos, a symbol with special meaning in terms of its history, shape, and color.
		The kotinos (a branch from an olive tree intertwined in a circle - the wreath) is directly related to the history of the ancient Olympic Games as it was awarded to Olympic champions of the time as the ultimate and most honourable prize.
	thorpey.till-morning.net /olympian/athens/place.html (340 words)

	Cover Story: Rekindling the Olympic Spirit - Aug 15th 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The oracle directed that the prize should be ‘Kotinos’, a wreath from a branch of a wild olive tree.
		It is Kotinos, a wreath made from the branch of the Olive tree.
		The word Kotinos is related to the ancient Greek word ‘Kotos’ which means anger and jealousy.
	radiosai.org /Journals/Vol_02/16Aug15/02_Cover_Story/cover_story.htm (2120 words)

	Olympia
		Every four years a pan-Hellenic truce was announced and people from all over Hellas gathered at Olympia, in order to compete and attend the Games.
		The prize for the winner was the "kotinos", a garland made from wild olive tree.
		The sacred precinct was situated in the valley of Alpheios, in the territory Pisatis and at the enclosure of Alte "the most beautiful place of Greece", in the north-western Peloponnese.
	www.sikyon.com /Olympia/olympia_eg.html (189 words)

	Kotinos Olive Oil
		...Kotinos is the only olive oil my family has used for the past 5 years.
		The flavor is truly remarkable and I firmly believe that we have only touched the tip of the iceberg as far as the health benefits of olive oil and the Mediterranean diet are concerned.
		I have used it in many recipes and we especially enjoy experiencing the aroma and flavor of Kotinos with fresh bread and on salads.
	www.kotinos.com /reviews.html (270 words)

	Oliva Verde USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The ’kotinos’ - the prize that was awarded to the Olympic Game champions and constituted the highest of distinctions - was a plain wreath made of olive tree leaves.
		An amphora filled with olive oil often accompanied the ’kotinos’.
		The Attica basin, ancient Olympia (Birthplace of the Olympic Games), the Delphic landscape, and the valley that surrounds the Minoan palace, were at the time (and are still today) overgrown with olive trees.
	www.olivaverdeusa.com /history2.htm (1193 words)

	The Supreme Council of the Gentile Hellenes (Religious movement, Greece) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The goals of YSEE are similar to those of The Return of the Hellenes movement, which I don't know if it still exists or became a member of YSEE.
		The flag of YSEE is yellow with the Eagle of Zeus carrying the thunder, inside the kotinos, the olive branch wreath awarded to Olympic winners.
		The thunder resembles "the two mirrored E letters" on the flag of the Return of the Hellenes, a symbol used by many similar organizations as it is believed to be ancient and found at many places all over Greece.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gr}ysee.html (215 words)

	Kotinos Ghost ... ou les fragments d'Oneiros Thanatos (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Oneiros Thanatos voulait rassembler ses fragments pour reconstruire le miroir d'Orphée, pour retrouver son Eurydice, le fantôme de Kotinos.
		Kotinos, pardonne-moi, mon âme, d'interrompre les Panathénées qui se déroulent en ton honneur mais j'ai une bulle colorée qui menace de me faire exploser de l'intérieur si je ne la libère pas d'une façon ou d'une autre.
		Comme promis, je déclare ouvert le premier Festival mondial de Kotinos...
	kotinosghost.canalblog.com.cob-web.org:8888 (2855 words)

	Interflora Hellas
		These games were also called 'Stefanites' (from the Greek word 'Stefani' which means wreath) because the award was a wreath made from olive, called 'Kotinos'.
		According to tradition, Ifitos set 'Kotinos' as the award of the Olympic Games, after an omen given to him by the Delphi Oracle.
		The branches and the wreaths for the winners were cut of from 'Kallistefanos elia' (meaning the olive which produces excellent wreaths), located south from the Temple of Zeus.
	www.interflora.gr /ukolympics2.shtml (269 words)

	All about Athens
		Their creation was inspired by an ancient Greek doll, and they are named for two Olympian gods: Phevos, the god of light and music, known as Apollo; and Athena, goddess of wisdom and patron of the city of Athens.
		The emblem depicts an olive wreath or kotinos - a branch from an olive tree intertwined in a circle.
		It represents the ancient Olympic Games, where the kotinos was the official award for champions.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2003/08/13/spt_wwwsptoly1rail13.html (278 words)

	Olympian Odyssey \| csmonitor.com
		A man named Heracles was believed to have established the first track race in the world's first stadium.
		Legend has it that when he became champion, he was crowned with a kotinos, a wreath made from abranch of a wild olive tree he had planted at Olympia.
		Another story claims that the games were first held when five Cretan brothers brought the infant Zeus from Crete to Olympia to be raised by nymphs.
	www.csmonitor.com /2004/0225/p11s01-trgn.htm (1287 words)

	The Hellenophile
		Indeed, inspired by the history and the landscape, the symbols for the Athens 2004 Games are Greek: the emblem, for instance, comes naturally in the form of an olive wreath, the ultimate Olympic prize in ancient times.
		Also known as kotinos, the wreath represents the four values of the 2004 Games: heritage, participation, celebration and human scale.
		Then there are Phevos and Athena, the Athens 2004 official mascots, created by a local firm, Paragraph Design.
	blogs.salon.com /0001147/categories/theHellenophile/2003/10/14.html (851 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Sports Tribune
		Today, the olive branch is a global symbol of peace and freedom.
		The olive wreath or "kotinos" is one of the legacies of the ancient games and was the prize awarded to Olympic champions.
		The wreath has the shape of an open circle; it is an open invitation to humanity to participate in a common endeavour, the Olympic way of life.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040807/spr-trib.htm (1476 words)

	Olympia and the Olympic Games (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		As the matter of fact he crowned the winnor with a "kotinos" which was a branch of wild olive from the tree he himself had planted at Olympia.
		Heracles also determined the site and size of the first stadium and established the first foot race which started from a line (apheses) which was defined by a grooved marble inlay.
		It was a great honour to become a winnor of "kotinos" and it is well known a story of a father who died in full happiness because he experienced saw his two sons winning the "kotinos" in two different games in the same Olympiad.
	schulen.asn-noe.ac.at.cob-web.org:8888 /hskautzen/projekte/greece/olympics/olympics.htm (580 words)

	Etaerio - A Plant News Weblog: The Olive Tree and the 2004 Olympics
		These wreaths, called “kotinos”, mirror the sacred prizes awarded to champions at the ancient Olympic Games.
		Coloured in blue and white, the kotinos is also the emblem of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.
		The olive tree has been a principal commodity of the Greek economy for thousands of years.
	www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org /weblog/000507.php (345 words)

	planetGR! > Greek News & Articles > Frontpage > Society & Culture > Bringing the "Kotinos" from Olympia ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The count down to the Olympics Games of Athens in 2004 has already started.
		Historical records provide incontestable proof that many ancient athletes from Crete returned to the island crowned with the "Kotinos", the olive branch wreath awarded to Olympic winners.
		Cretans have a tradition in taking the winners' stand during Olympic Games, particularly in track events, a fact which is associated with the particular geomorphology of the Cretan terrain imposing "survival of the fittest" conditions.
	www.planetgr.com /articles/publish/article_125.shtml (269 words)

	The Ancient Olympics
		On the fifth and final day, all victors gathered at the Temple of Zeus wearing red headbands and carrying palm branches.
		The Hellanodikai placed a kotinos, a crown of wild olive leaves, on the head of each victor.
		Then the Eleans held a great feast in honor of the victorious athletes.
	ablemedia.com /ctcweb/consortium/ancientolympics8.html (607 words)

	Taste: Brushing up on your Greek
		The olive tree, and perhaps as an extension the olive, is getting attention as gold medal winners wear a wreath made of branches from the tree of Greek mythology.
		The wreath is a nod to the early Olympics, when winners also wore kotinos.
		And if film crews venture into the nightclubs of the trendy Gazi, Athens' version of New York's SoHo, they may capture images of young adults dancing on tables to traditional Greek music, just like their parents and their parents before them.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/08/18/news_pf/Taste/Brushing_up_on_your_G.shtml (1755 words)

	EDSITEment Lesson - Printer Friendly
		Instead, ancient Olympic victors were awarded an olive branch twisted into a circle to form a crown.
		The wild olive, called kotinos, had deep religious significance for the ancient Greeks.
		At the ancient Olympics, only the champion was recognized—there were no prizes for runners up.
	edsitement.neh.gov /printable_lesson_plan.asp?id=583 (2031 words)

	Olympic Team News - U.S. Equestrian
		Dressage chef d'equipe Jessica Ransehousen was obviously pleased with her team's Bronze medal win.
		Young Greek women have been the ones to bring the kotinos, the olive branch crown, and the medals into the Olympic medal presentations.
		You can help our athletes win GOLD at the 2004 Athens Olympics with a donation to the USET Foundation.
	www.usef.org /WIR/on8-21-04.html (432 words)

	USA WEEKEND Magazine
		In August 2004, the Games will return to the city of their birth and revival.
		The emblem of the XXVIII Olympiad is an olive wreath, or kotinos, which was awarded to champions long before medals.
		Over 16 days in Athens, the 2004 Summer Games will stage 301 medal ceremonies in 28 sports.
	www.usaweekend.com /02_issues/020203/020203olympics.html (1892 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)