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Greeks and the pine tree (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Crowns and headdresses 02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs 02.08 Symbolism of jewelry and dress 02.08.01 Crowns and headdresses Pine tree 02 Religious and ideological symbols and iconographic motifs 02.04 Botanical symbols, imagery and iconographic motifs 02.04.02 Trees 02.04.02.07 Pine tree	Keywords pine trees
Period 6th century CE Roman Empire	Channel Christian-Greek philosophers and scholars

Text
pseudo-Nonnus, Armenian Scholion to Cyprian 2 (Scholia):
The pine tree signifies perseverance and philosophy; for it is always with leaves in both summer and winter, just as philosophic patience does not let those who are adorned with it be unhappy at any time. For this reason they (= Greeks) used to crown those who had endured in combats of the games with branches of pine, as though they too, by endurance and perseverance, were full of leaves. Now Isthmia is the name of the place from which they take the pine.

Source (list of abbreviations)
pseudo-Nonnus, Armenian Scholion to Cyprian 2 (Scholia)

Bibliography

Brock 1971, 13

Brock, Sebastian. The Syriac Version of the Pseudo-Nonnos Mythological Scholia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1971.

Amar Annus

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