Awwwwwww look
at all the worldly trophies she won for hair competitions.
One has a
person holding up a laurel wreath.
I know my dad
would have probably smashed that one.
Oh, and why the F was she competing in hairdressing competitions?
Shouldn't she have
been out selling even more Watchtowers?
History states
that in Ancient Greece, beginning in 776 BC, wreaths of laurel leaves crowned
victors of athletic competitions of the ancient Olympic games.
Wreaths of bay laurels were also awarded at the Ancient Greek Pythian Games
which were held at Delphi in honor of Apollo (every four years from the 6th
century BC). According to Greek Mythology, Apollo, the Olympian God and son of
Zeus, was in love with a nymph named Daphne. As the tale continues, Daphne fled
from Apollo, asking the river God for help; she turned into a Bay Laurel tree
just as Apollo approached her. Apollo embraced the tree, cut off a branch to
wear as a wreath and declared the plant sacred. Thus, this myth spurred the
presentation of the laurel wreaths, in honor of Apollo, to the victors of these
games. History carried onward this infamous crown of leaves…
