Sterling Silver Rings
Sterling Silver Ring - Greek Key Serpent

[Code : JP150R] Sterling Silver Ring - Greek Key Serpent

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This sterling silver ring features the traditional Greek Key Motif, also known as the Meander or eternity symbol, which snakes around the front of the band and the two ends meet in the center, overlapping slightly.

Made in Greece
Sterling Silver (925 Stamp) 


Choose from the available listed sizes above. (No children's sizes available.) If you are unable to select your desired size when ordering online, please contact us and we would be happy to help you place a special order over the phone.

How to find your ring size: Wrap a string around your finger one time and measure the length. Find the measurement in the size chart under circumference.

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History
In art and architecture, a meander is a decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif. Such a design is also called the Greek Fret or Greek Key design, although these are modern words. The name "meander" recalls the twisting and turning path of the Maeander River. Meanders were among the most important symbols in ancient Greece; they, perhaps, symbolized infinity and unity; many ancient Greek temples incorporated the sign of the meander.


Serpents figured prominently in archaic Greek myths. According to some sources, Ophion ("serpent", a.k.a. Ophioneus), ruled the world with Eurynome before the two of them were cast down by Cronus and Rhea. The oracles of the Ancient Greeks were said to have been the continuation of the tradition begun with the worship of the Egyptian cobra goddess, Wadjet. Other historical and mythological Greek figures with significant ties to the serpent included: the Minoan Snake Goddess, Typhon, Python, Amphisbaena, Medusa, Asclepius, Laocoön, Olympias, and Aeetes.

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