THE GREEK CONSULATE OF BOSTON AND THE ALPHA OMEGA COUNCIL PRESENTED FOR OLIVE BRANCH WREATHS TO THE BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. THOSE WREATHS WILL CROWN THE WINNERS OF MONDAY’S MARATHON ...

From tastings with olive oil sommeliers to celebrating harvest season at family-run mills, here’s how to experience ...

Everyone who completes the Boston Marathon gets a medal, but only the winners of the top races get a golden wreath.The singing of the Greek national anthem was part of Thursday night’s ceremony ...

Finding an ATM with sufficient cash left in it to take out €60 under Greek capital controls must come as a relief. Just as well, then, that the European Central Bank — which in effect ...

Pax, the Roman goddess of peace, was frequently depicted holding an olive branch, as was her Greek counterpart, Eirene. The image has endured into modern times partly because of its use in the ...

FILIATRA, Greece, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Greek olive grower Panagiotis Tsafaras ... the trees or silent electric chainsaws to cut entire branches that they load on pickup trucks. To avoid being caught ...

or kotinos in Greek, were given as prizes in the ancient Olympic games. Olive trees grew at Olympia and a wreath was crafted by intertwining the branches into the shape of either a circle or semi ...

It was the olive branch that the dove first brought back ... recalls the rededication of the Temple after it was defiled by Greek pagans. The story goes that there was only enough olive oil ...

The olive branch comes from the Greek island of Santorini, where a volcano erupted more than three millennia ago, spewing gas, ash, pumice, and boulders into the sky. Once depleted, the volcano ...