Olive Branch on marble base - Hiketeria - Symbol of Peace and Victory associated with customs of ancient Greece online - Bronze

online Condition: New, Made in Greece.
Material: Pure Bronze

Dimensions (approximately):
Height: 17 cm - 6,7 inches
Width: 12 cm - 4,7 inches
Length: 3 cm - 1,2 inches
Weight: 210 g

In Greek tradition, a hiketeria was an olive branch held by supplicants to show their status as such when approaching persons of power or in temples when supplicating the gods.
In Greek mythology, Athena competed with Poseidon for possession of Athens. Poseidon claimed possession by thrusting his trident into the Acropolis, where a well of sea-water gushed out. Athena took possession by planting the first olive tree beside the well. The court of gods and goddesses ruled that Athena had the better right to the land because she had given it the better gift. Olive wreaths were worn by brides[4] and awarded to olympic victors.
The olive branch was one of the attributes of Eirene on Roman Imperial coins. For example, the reverse of a tetradrachm of Vespasian from Alexandria, 70-71 AD, shows Eirene standing holding a branch upward in her right hand.
The Roman poet Virgil (70–19 BC) associated "the plump olive" with the goddess Pax (the Roman Eirene and he used the olive branch as a symbol of peace in his Aeneid.

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