What is praise?

 What is praise except indeed so far as it has a certain utility?  Marcus Aurelius.  Meditations.  Book 4.

Gold Laurel Wreath Greek 300 to 100 BCE that I photographed at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California

Gold myrtle wreath with die formed head of Athena in central plaque 3rd century BCE Greek that I photographed at The British Museum in London. 

Gold oak wreath with bee and cicadas from Dardanelles Tomb Group 4th century BCE that I photographed at The British Museum in London.

Fragment of a gold wreath Greek 320-300 BCE from a tomb at Zaneskaya Gora in the region of the Crimea on the northern shore of the Black Sea that I photographed at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Gold Funerary Wreath Etruscan 4th-3rd century BCE that I photographed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City

Gold myrtle wreath and grave goods of the priestly warrior of Stavroupolis a member of the hetairoi, royal companions to the kings of ancient Macedon Greek 4th century BCE. In 1974, a small stone tomb was unearthed during construction work in Stavroupolis, Thessaloniki. Although the remains were probably cremated, archaeologists discovered a wooden box containing ritual vessels, a writing case and weapons. The gold myrtle wreath, associated with Aphrodite, was a symbol of immortality and was worn by wealthy men and women during public or secret rituals and at symposia, games, theatrical performances, and other events. Photographed at the exhibit "The Greeks: Agamemnon to Alexander the Great" at The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. 

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The gold funeral wreath of Queen Meda, the sixth wife of Philip II of Macedon that I photographed at The Greeks exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois