Apollo, a god of music, fell in love with the instrument and offered to allow exchange of the cattle for the lyre.

The city offered courts to nobles as an alternative to rebuilding their castles, in exchange for the nobles ' military protection of the city.

In central Europe, kings and counts probably were willing to allow the inheritance of small parcels of land to the heirs of those who had offered military or other services in exchange for tenancy.

The opportunity to relocate the village occurred when it was substantially damaged by an earthquake, with villagers offered a completely new village in exchange for the old site.

Grand Pensionary Johan van Oldenbarnevelt offered to only suspend trade with the West in exchange for the Twelve Years ' Truce.

But the crafty Afghan ruler clearly viewed the war as an opportunity to play one side off against the other, for he also offered the British to resist a Central Powers attack on India in exchange for an end to British control of Afghan foreign policy.

Copies are often offered in exchange for similar publications, or for contributions of art, articles, or letters of comment ( LoCs ), which are then published.

Magellan was eventually able to obtain rations and offered iron, a commodity highly prized by Neolithic peoples, in exchange for fresh fruits, vegetables, and water.

They offered to exchange him for Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus, who had surrendered after Stalingrad, but Stalin turned the offer down, stating " You have in your hands not only my son Yakov but millions of my sons.

) Jacob offered to give Esau a bowl of stew in exchange for his birthright, to which Esau agreed.

) Jacob offered to give Esau a bowl of stew in exchange for his birthright ( the right to be recognized as firstborn ), and Esau agreed.

During his visits, Ribbentrop met with Simon and Benito Mussolini, and asked them to postpone the next meeting of the Bureau of Disarmament, in exchange for which Ribbentrop offered nothing in return other than promising better relations with Berlin.

Political parties were offered concessions, such as taxes on imported grain, in exchange for their support for naval bills.

From 1962 until 1980, the U. S. donated $ 280 million in aid to Liberia, in exchange for which Liberia offered its land free of rent for U. S. government facilities.

Taiwan had offered $ 200 million in aid to Liberia for education and infrastructure in exchange for this recognition.

Aid comes in the form of the demon Neron ; Luthor is offered full health in exchange for services and his soul.

The trade offered by Rachel is for Leah to spend that night in Jacob's bed in exchange for Leah's.

) The militia could not be compelled to serve overseas, but it was seen as a training reserve for the army, as bounties were offered to men who opted to ' exchange ' from the militia to the regular army.

AT & T later offered Heaviside money in exchange for his rights ; it is possible that the Bell engineers ' respect for Heaviside influenced this offer.

" Saladin offered him the city of Busra and property in Damascus in exchange for Harim, but when Surhak asked for more, his own garrison in Harim forced him out.

Janeway, charged with finding and capturing the Maquis ship commanded by Chakotay, offered Paris early parole in exchange for serving as her informant on Chakotay and the Maquis.

High tells a story set " right at the beginning of the gods ' settlement, when the gods at established Midgard and built Val-Hall " about an unnamed builder who has offered to build a fortification for the gods in three seasons that will keep out invaders in exchange for the goddess Freyja, the sun, and the moon.

Congress offered the region in red to the state of Michigan in exchange for the Toledo Strip, as a compromise. The " war " unofficially ended on December 14, 1836, at a second convention in Ann Arbor.

In 1057 King Macbeth I of Scotland offered him a small treasure chest in exchange for his support in the ongoing war for the throne.

The three races offered the largest purse and in 1919 Sir Barton became the first horse to win all three races.

A horse who does not fit the conditions can still " run for the tag ", i. e. be run conditional on also being offered for sale.

The wizard had lost one of the knight's horses, and needed to replace it, and so he offered the farmer many rich jewels, taken from a secret store of treasure under the Edge, in payment for his horse. Philip 1981. p. 23.

The upstream fords and ferries remained in use but the bridge offered uninterrupted, mass movement of foot, horse, and wheeled traffic across the Thames, linking four major arterial road systems north of the Thames with four to the south.

According to local legend, a horse belonging to settler Joseph Russell went lame, stranding Russell, who was offered a replacement horse by another settler, Samuel Simmons.

Opened in 1963, the track offered both thoroughbred and standardbred horse racing until 1976, when thoroughbred racing ceased, replaced by greyhound racing.

In 1708 the corporation recognised the potential for profit from horse racing and that local Clifton landowner, Sir William Robinson, had offered his land on Clifton and Rawcliffe Ings as a course, donated £ 15 a year towards a plate.

A horse dealer named Philonicus the Thessalian offered Bucephalus to King Philip II for the sum of 13 talents, but because no one could tame the animal, Philip was not interested.

When he was found out, he was offered a choice: sell the horse or give up his studies.

To rotate the use of his horses, he offered customers the choice of either taking the horse in the stall nearest the door or taking none at all.

The combination of the house, its setting and leisure facilities offered on the estate-boating on the Thames, horse riding, tennis, swimming, croquet and fishing-made Cliveden a destination for film stars, politicians, world-leaders, writers and artists.

Arts and sports programming are also offered ( e. g. local horse racing, in Chinese 賽馬直擊 ).

André offered them his horse and watch, if they would let him go, but they did not accept the bribe.

The might and height offered by the horse are combined with its training, allowing an officer to more safely infiltrate a crowd.

Fusco offered quotes from surviving friends of Hopkins, notably former distance riders Walt and Edith Pyle, and Lt Col William Zimmerman, along with information found in horse history texts, as verification.

She offered to send an expeditionary force of 6, 350 foot and 1, 000 horse, the cost to be shared by the States-General, provided her nominee, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, would be put in both military and political charge of the country as governor-general.

Gelon at first complained that the Greeks spurned his request of aid against the Carthaginians in the past, but he offered to sent 24, 000 foot, 4000 horse and 200 warships in addition to fully provisioning the combined Greek force in Greece if he was made the supreme commander.

To train young equestrians in halter showing techniques, horse showmanship classes ( also called Showmanship in hand or youth showmanship ), are offered.

Various types of costume classes are frequently offered ; sidesaddle classes are common ; a " leadline " or " walk-trot " division may be offered for small children or very inexperienced riders ; and assorted " freestyle " classes, where a horse and rider perform a routine set to music, are also popular.

In one example, a bookmaker has offered the following odds and attracted one bet on each horse, making the result irrelevant.

Although railway goods vehicles were routinely horse hauled on this line, no passenger service was offered until 1894, when the SAR decided to utilise an unused horse-drawn tram to offer a passenger service.

Some breed associations have, at times, offered freeze branding as either a requirement for registration or simply as an optional benefit to members, and individual horse owners may choose branding as a means by which to permanently identify their animals.