奥运知识—橄榄枝棕榈叶松枝-古代奥运会奖品

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）

Panhellenic  a. （古代）泛希腊的       wreath  n. 花圈, 花冠
 
venue  n. 会议地点, 比赛地点              olive  n. 橄榄树
 
laurel  n. 月桂树                                     pine  n. 松树
 
taenia  n. 绑头部的带或绳                     Lausanne  n. 洛桑（瑞士城市）
 
palm  n. 棕榈, (象征胜利的)棕榈叶     frond  n. 叶
 

 

1 venues   

n.聚集地点( venue的名词复数 )；会场；（尤指）体育比赛场所；犯罪地点

参考例句：

• The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
• Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角，有长800米，宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网

2 sculptor   

n.雕刻家，雕刻家

参考例句：

• A sculptor forms her material.雕塑家把材料塑造成雕塑品。
• The sculptor rounded the clay into a sphere.那位雕塑家把黏土做成了一个球状。

3 frond   

n.棕榈类植物的叶子

参考例句：

• The weavers made a hat from palm fronds.织工用棕榈叶织成了一顶帽子。
• The village hut was thatched with palm fronds.乡村小屋用棕榈叶作顶。