”In the nineteenth book of the Odyssey Penelope speaks of dreams and says that they come forth through two gates: one made of burnished ivory, for the dreams that deceive us, and one of glistening horn, for the dreams that tell us the truth.”

Capital, from the Latin caput meaning 'head' is the topmost element of a column. Examples can be found in architecture around the world and have existed with all sorts of ornamentation since pre-classical antiquity.