Wreath Greco-Roman world, wreaths were used as an adornment that could represent a person’s occupation, rank, their achievements and status. The wreath that was commonly used was the laurel wreath. The use of this wreath comes from the Greek myth involving Apollo, Zeus’ son and the god of life and light, who fell in love with the nymph Daphne. When he pursued her she fled and asked the river god Peneus to help her. Peneus turned her into a laurel tree. From that day, Apollo wore a wreath of laurel on his head. Laurel wreaths became associated with what Apollo embodied;
The Saucy Arethusa frigate of the Royal Navy, named "HMS Arethusa", which was originally built in 1757 as a French privateer under the name "Pélerine", renamed "Aréthuse" in early 1758 when purchased for the French Navy, from whom she was captured in 1759. According to Greek mythology, the nymph Arethusa, for whom the ship was named, was transformed by Artemis into a fountain. The song chronicles an engagement in the English Channel on June 17, 1778 between the "Arethusa" and the French frigate, "Belle Poule".. It opens When Sir Henry Wood wrote his "Fantasia on British Sea Songs" in 1905 a version of