 Over a dozen national governments continue the poet laureate tradition.In ancient Greece, the laurel was used to form a crown or wreath of honour for poets and heroes.The custom derives from the ancient myth of Daphne and Apollo (Daphne signifying "laurel" in Greek), and was revived in Padua for Albertino Mussato, followed by Petrarch's own crowning ceremony in the audience hall of the medieval senatorial palazzo on the Campidoglio on April 8, 1341.