At the modern Olympic Games, the first, second and third - placed athletes are rewarded, respectively, by gold, silver and bronze medals. At the Panhellenic Games, there was only one winner whose prize was a wreath or crown of leaves.

At each of the venues¹, the crowns were made with different types of leaves: - At Olympia, it was a wild olive leaf crown. At Delphi, a laurel crown. - At Corinth, a pine crown. - At Nemea, a wild celery crown. 

As well as a crown, the winner received a red woollen ribbon, the taenia. A famous statue by the sculptor² Polycletus (dating from the second half of the 5th century BC) shows a victor tying the ribbon around his head. The statue is called Diadurnenos and there is a bronze copy of it at the entrance to the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.

Finally, the winner often held a palm frond³, another symbol of vicory.

重点词汇

Olympia, Delphi, Corinth, Nemea  （古希腊地名）奥林匹亚，德尔菲，科林斯，尼米亚（它们都是泛希腊运动会的举办地，对冠军的奖励是不同的头冠）