“The gesture of Olissipo”, represents the city of Lisbon, so named in Roman times, but which has its origins in one of Ulysses’ journeys when he arrived in Ophiusa, an adventure that gave rise to the seven/eight hills of the capital, which rise from the city itself. queen- half-serpent, half-woman- Ophiussa’s pursuit of Ulysses when she failed to reach him, her multiple serpent arms became the city’s hills, an evocation of this founding myth. There are also other symbols that mention the city as the fetus. at the top, which means birth, and the sardine in the cyclops’ eye, one of the city’s great icons.