A wreath of olive branches was placed on the winner's head at the ancient Olympics in Greece.
In Ancient Greek Mythology a water snake called the Hydra would do this but it was kiled by Herculies in one of his 12 quests
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There are several different ideas when it comes to the number of heads on the hydra that Heracles defeated. The numbers vary from 50 (for Thetis' 50 priestesses), 9 (in honor of the moon), 100 (for the centuriae, or war bands), 10,000 (an exaggeration by Euripides), and on greek coins there's 7 heads.
First off, the Greeks didn't call it "hell". They called it "The Underworld". Cerberus has three heads.
A crown of olive leafs.
The Greek athletes were given wreaths on their heads.
sacred olive tree wreath (Kotinos)
Wreath
A wreath of olive branches was placed on the winner's head at the ancient Olympics in Greece.
They were awarded nothing and went home to their city-state hanging their heads.
laurels
this is what they wore after they had won
In Ancient Greece no medals were given. This is a modern concept. They were give laurel / olive leaves wreaths to wear on their heads.
**** heads
Answer, they put hte garlands they were awarded, on heir heads
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