Editing Trophy (section)

== Etymology ==
{{Further|Tropaion}}
Trophies have marked victories since ancient times. The word ''trophy'', coined in English in 1550, was derived from the French ''trophée'' in 1513, "a prize of war", from Old French ''trophee'', from Latin ''trophaeum'', monument to victory, variant of ''tropaeum'', which in turn is the [[Latinisation (literature)|latinisation]] of the [[Greek language|Greek]] τρόπαιον (''[[tropaion]]''),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dtro%2Fpaion|title=τρόπαιον|first1=Henry George|last1=Liddell|first2=Robert|last2=Scott|work=A Greek-English Lexicon|publisher=Perseus Digital Library|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605192701/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=tro%2Fpaion|archivedate=2011-06-05}}</ref> the neuter of [[wikt:τροπαῖος|τροπαῖος]] (''tropaios''), "of defeat" or "for defeat", but generally "of a turning" or "of a change",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dtropai%3Dos|title=τροπαῖος|first1=Henry George|last1=Liddell|first2=Robert|last2=Scott|work=A Greek-English Lexicon|publisher=Perseus Digital Library|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605192720/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=tropai=os|archivedate=2011-06-05}}</ref> from τροπή (''tropē''), "a turn, a change"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dtroph%2F|title=τροπή|first1=Henry George|last1=Liddell|first2=Robert|last2=Scott|work=A Greek-English Lexicon|publisher=Perseus Digital Library|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605192738/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=troph%2F|archivedate=2011-06-05}}</ref> and that from the verb τρέπω (''trepo''), "to turn, to alter".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dtre%2Fpw|title=τρέπω|first1=Henry George|last1=Liddell|first2=Robert|last2=Scott|work=A Greek-English Lexicon|publisher=Perseus Digital Library|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605192747/http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0057:entry=tre%2Fpw|archivedate=2011-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=trophy|title=trophy|work=Online Etymological Dictionary|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331133817/http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=trophy|archivedate=2009-03-31}}</ref>

In ancient Greece, trophies were made on the battlefields of victorious battles, from captured arms and standards, and were hung upon a tree or a large stake made to resemble a warrior. Often, these ancient trophies were inscribed with a story of the battle and were dedicated to various gods. Trophies made about naval victories sometimes consisted of entire ships (or what remained of them) laid out on the beach. To destroy a trophy was considered a sacrilege.<ref name="Encyclopædia Britannica">{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/606508/trophy|title=trophy|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100802021945/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/606508/trophy|archivedate=2010-08-02}}</ref>

The ancient Romans kept their trophies closer to home. The Romans built magnificent trophies in Rome, including columns and arches atop a foundation. Most of the stone trophies that once adorned huge stone memorials in Rome have been long since stolen.<ref name="madeHow">{{cite web|url=http://www.madehow.com/Volume-6/Trophy.html|title=Trophy|work=How Products are made, volume 6|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828103253/http://www.madehow.com/Volume-6/Trophy.html|archivedate=2009-08-28}}</ref>