Even the gods and heroes were primarily depicted barefoot, and the hoplite warriors fought battles in bare feet and Alexander the Great conquered his vast empire with barefoot armies.

As Walter Burkert points out in his book, Greek Religion, " Even the gods who are not his natural children address him as Father, and all the gods rise in his presence.

Even so, the gods themselves were related to the giants by many marriages, and there are giants such as Ægir, Loki, Mímir and Skaði, who bear little difference in status to them.

Even the earth ( Gaia ), the mighty mother of the gods, had been enslaved.

Even when Oedipus says that once dethroned he must be exiled, Creon waits for the approval of the gods to carry out the order once he has been crowned king.

Even the gods feared the Parcae.

Even so, the gladiators swore their lives to the infernal gods, and the combat was dedicated as an offering to the di manes or other gods.

Even disease gods who bring smallpox can give us longevity and happiness if they are treated well.

Even more gods came into being when he went to the water to wash himself.

Even more suspicious from the viewpoint of many Athenians, Socrates expresses skeptical views on the main stories about the Greek gods, which the two men briefly discuss before plunging into the main argument.

Even when the main setting of a game is not taken directly from the history of our world, they still tend to draw heavily on historical models, though distorted by the presence of magic ; also, as gods often have direct and tangible interactions with the world, religion is usually very unlike our world.

The word is often personified in poetry, as Simonides does: " Even the gods don ’ t fight against ananke ".

Even then, it might have been possible for a god of significant power, such as Zeus, Poseidon and Apollo, or for a number of Olympian gods of equal power working together, to revive her.

Even in the 18th century the site was still associated with traditions and rituals, by then relating to Norse gods.

Even the gods are afraid.

Even though the famous human Fingers-Mazda ( Thief of Fire ) is usually credited with being the Disc's first thief, Monolith probably predates him considerably (" Troll gods were hitting one another with clubs ten thousand years before we'd even stopped trying to eat rocks " ~ Samuel Vimes, Men at Arms ).

Even though this may be the case Idaykka is still used and popularised as an instrument of and for the gods and goddess.

Even after, as was seen in the Northlands where the giants held to their power the longest, the gods looked to the giants as equals, beings to whom they would turn in search of wisdom.

Even in domains where detailed and predictive understanding is still lacking, but where some explanations are possible, as with lightning and weather and earthquakes, the appropriate kind of human action has been more adequately indicated.

Even on the fictional level, however, the contradictions which give rise to the mystery story are not fully resolved.

Even in the nineteenth century such accomplished philologists as Kemble and Guest were led into what now seem ludicrous errors because of their failure to recognize that modern forms of place names are not necessarily the result of logical philological development.

Even with all possible precaution, homecomings are usually rather cruel and sad, and only the perpetually ebullient and the continually optimistic are made happy by them.

Even in areas where political connotations are ( deliberately??

Even then, a few of the `` less interesting '' questions are edited out and glibly summarized by a commentator.

Even when they are finished, however, the contrast will remain, for Istanbul is the only city in the world that is built upon two continents.

Even if gymnastics are not the ultimate goal, the good tumbler will be a better dancer, a better athlete, and a human being with a greater margin of safety in any activity.

Even though I have always had a genius for `` throwing myself '' into every role and `` playing it for all it's worth '', no actress can be expected to do her best work when her fortune, her reputation, her livelihood, her home and her nation itself are all imperilled.

Even beginning students in linguistics are made familiar with an appreciable variety of consonant systems, both in their general outlines and in many specific details.

Even those who appear in only one or two scenes are full personalities, defined with economical precision.

Even in its most conventional appearance, the guests' song of praise to Marina, there are a few female dissenters criticizing the princess for her coldness.

Even if there are no livestock, the farmer cannot leave the farm for long periods, particularly during the growing season.

Even today there are some doubts about the value of education for Japanese women, but this University continues to grow and to send its students out into the community.

And he took repeated care to let his colleagues know that he intended them: `` Even the Unitarian churches have caught the malaria, and are worse than those who deceived them '' -- which implied that they were very bad indeed.

Even Professor Arnold Toynbee, agreeing with his son, does so in these terms: `` Compared to continuing to incur a constant risk of the destruction of the human race, all other evils are lesser evils.

Even now I am appalled at how little anyone knows of what they really are.

Even English has general, albeit complex, rules that predict pronunciation from spelling, and these rules are successful most of the time ; rules to predict spelling from the pronunciation have a higher failure rate.

Even though they do not compete directly with cultivated plants, sometimes winter annuals are considered a pest in commercial agriculture, because they can be hosts for insect pests or fungal diseases ( ovary smut – Microbotryum sp ) which attack crops being cultivated.

Even touching an alpha source is usually not harmful, though many alpha sources also are accompanied by beta-emitting radio daughters, and alpha emission is also accompanied by gamma photon emission.

Even more divergent are American stir-fry dishes inspired by Chinese food, that may contain brown rice instead of white, or those with grated cheese ; milk products are almost always absent from traditional Chinese food.

Even if arrays are always created with contiguous elements, some array slicing operations may create non-contiguous sub-arrays from them.

Even in the species that are able to regulate their own temperature, it is not always a completely accurate system.