Brewer's: Crowns

(worn by heathen deities):

APOLLO wore a crown of laurels. BACCHUS, of grapes or ivy. CERES, of blades of wheat. COMUS, of roses. CYBELÊ, of pine leaves. FLORA, of flowers. FORTUNE, of fir-slips. THE GRACES, of olive-leaves.

HERCULES, of poplar-leaves. HYMEN, of roses. JUNO, of quince-leaves. JUPITER, of oak-leaves. THE LARÊS, of rosemary. MERCURY, of ivy, olive-leaves, or mulberries. MINERVA, of olive-leaves. THE MUSES, of flowers. PAN, of pine-leaves. PLUTO, of cypress. POMONA, of fruits. SATURN, of vine-leaves. VENUS, of myrtle or roses.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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