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gratitude and Zeus
Aeacus himself showed his gratitude by erecting a temple to Zeus Panhellenius on mount Panhellenion, and the Aeginetans afterwards built a sanctuary in their island called Aeaceum, which was a square place enclosed by walls of white marble.
In gratitude, Phrixus sacrificed the ram to Zeus and gave the king the golden fleece of the ram, which Aeëtes hung in a tree in the holy grove of Ares in his kingdom, guarded by a dragon that never slept.
Out of gratitude, his son Midas dedicated the ox-cart to the Phrygian god Sabazios ( whom the Greeks identified with Zeus ) and either tied it to a post or tied its shaft with an intricate knot of cornel ( Cornus mas ) bark.
He was visited by Zeus and Hermes ( some add Poseidon ), who, to express gratitude for his hospitality, promised him to fulfill a wish of his ; he said that he wanted children.

gratitude and placed
Out of gratitude the god placed the image of a dolphin among the stars.
Stones placed on top of the grave are a sign of gratitude from Jewish visitors, according to Jewish tradition, although Schindler himself was not Jewish.
The latter seems to have been anything but discreet in manifesting her gratitude to Pausanias, according to Justin's report: he says that the same night of her return from exile she placed a crown on the assassin's corpse and erected a tumulus to his memory, ordering annual sacrifices to the memory of Pausanias.
In gratitude, Phrixus gave the king the golden fleece of the ram, which Aeetes placed in a consecrated grove, under the care of a sleepless dragon.
The inscription on the base of the statue indicated that it was placed in gratitude for the safe return of the tribune C. Licinius Macer, and the centurions and soldiers from Glanum from a campaign during the 2nd century A. D ..
* " On behalf of the Kyrgyzstan Catholics I would like to express our gratitude to the Holy Father for his prayers and for all that he has done for us: ... and for the creation of the new ' missioni sui iuris ' in Central Asia, in a special way — for the trust placed on the ' Minima Societas Jesu ', to which he entrusted the mission in Kyrgyzstan.
Following his third and final trip to the shrine of Loreto in Italy, Chaumonot was cured of a terrible headache and in gratitude, the colony was placed under the patronage of Our Lady of the Annunciation, but commonly called Lorette.
The Kingdom of Aragon was placed under his patronage, and in gratitude for his assistance to its armies King Peter II of Aragon founded ( 1201 ) the Order of St. George of Alfama in the district of that name.
In gratitude for his contributions, a statue of Averoff was commissioned and placed in front of the Panathenian Stadium.

gratitude and her
Out of Saxony rode the Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, one of the Czarina's cousins and a lieutenant general in her armies, a frank, sensitive, popular soldier whose kindnesses Littlepage would `` always recall with the sincerest gratitude ''.
The Celtic King Caratacus assumed that she, along with Claudius, was the martial leader and bowed before her throne with the same homage and gratitude as he accorded the emperor.
Plato wept while offering her gratitude, as well to a later caller who claimed to be a recovering addict, and told her that he believed everything she said.
* The French Marquise de Créquy wrote in her book " Souvenirs ", that the tune Grand Dieu Sauve Le Roi, was written by Jean-Baptiste Lully in gratitude for the survival by Louis XIV of an anal fistula operation.
Wimsey saves her from the gallows, but she believes that gratitude is not a good foundation for marriage, and politely but firmly declines his frequent proposals.
She was invited to court often and, out of gratitude for her not contesting the annulment, Henry decreed that she would be given precedence over all women in England save his own wife and daughters.
daily service ) is a spontaneous action that is an expression of gratitude and joy for being allowed to " borrow " his or her body from God the Parent.
Perhaps the best example of this is the episode " Mother Simpson ", where it is implied that he leads the FBI astray in their search for Mona Simpson, allowing her to escape in gratitude for curing his asthma.
At the ceremony, Li Zhao made a speech expressing her gratitude towards the government and for the people who attended.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union hailed her policy and in gratitude commissioned a full-length portrait of her, which now hangs in the White House.
Betsy expresses her gratitude to Andy for a wonderful evening and leaves.
She, in turn, works into her bland statements a coded message of love and gratitude to Joe.
Once home she expressed her gratitude to Canada by sending the city of Ottawa 100, 000 tulip bulbs.
Ancus, in gratitude for this, allowed her to be buried in the Velabrum, and instituted an annual festival, the Larentalia, at which sacrifices were offered to the Lares.
After Jackson took Front Royal on May 23, he penned a note of gratitude to Belle, and named her an honorary Captain.
While she demonstrates her gratitude with attempting sexual favors, they are interrupted by the minions of Ard, an immortal man who wants to obtain the Loc-Nar and use it to rule the world.
Wimsey continues to pursue her romantically, but Harriet repeatedly declines marriage on the principle that gratitude is not a good basis for marriage.
In proclaiming the holiday, he said " To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations.
In proof of his gratitude, her portrait stands beside his in the first volume of the Oratores Graeci.
Dorothy Parker memorialized her performance in verse: Dulcy, take our gratitude, / All your words are golden ones.

gratitude and heavens
In nature likewise, the consideration of the sublimity of the heavens and of the motion of all things, the interchange of light and darkness, the variety of color in the realm of creation, the awe with which the sight of living man inspires the brute, the wonderful fertility of each grain of corn in the soil, the large supply of those elements that are essential to organic life, such as air and water, and the lesser frequency of those things that form the objects of industry and commerce in the shape of nourishment and raiment — all these and similar observations tend to fill man's soul with gratitude and praise for the providential love and wisdom of the Creator.
Riccioli mentions Biancani, who accepted new astronomical ideas such as the existence of lunar mountains and the fluid nature of the heavens, and who collaborated with the Jesuit astronomer Christoph Scheiner ( 1573 – 1650 ) on sunspot observations, with gratitude and admiration.

gratitude and ;
Even if we cannot agree with him in everything ; we all none the less owe him a debt of gratitude for setting an example of unswerving honesty, for his incorruptible conscience, and for his heroic view of his duty as a writer.
The Athenians would have to hold out at Marathon for the time being, although they were reinforced by the full muster of 1, 000 hoplites from the small city of Plataea ; a gesture which did much to steady the nerves of the Athenians, and won unending Athenian gratitude to Plataea.
In gratitude, officials named the new building Yale ; eventually the entire institution became Yale College.
A ( very ) casual observer might think that the machine is actually expressing gratitude ; however, the machine is only printing a preprogrammed string of symbols.
The prophecies of kind but overprudent friends, who did not understand his self-sustaining energy, had proved untrue ; the malicious hope of his enemies, for even the gentle lover of nature has enemies, had been disappointed ; he had secured a commanding place in the respect and gratitude of men.
Other factors in the new philo-Semitism include gratitude to the Jews for contributing to the theological foundations of Christianity and for being the source of the prophets and Jesus ; remorse for the Church's history of anti-Semitism ; and fear that God will judge the nations at the end of time on the basis of how they treated the Jewish people.
Inasmuch as I am concerned, Most Excellent Sir, the effusion of my gratitude is inexplicable, at having had the unique satisfaction capable of filling the human heart, as is to deserve the public confidence in circumstances so critical to govern the independent Isthmus ; and I can only correspond to such high distinction with the sacrifices I am willing to make since I devoted myself, as it wished, to the mother country that has seen me be born and to who I owe all that I own ...
He was quoted as saying, " I call myself Pius ; my whole life was under Popes with this name, but especially as a sign of gratitude towards Pius XI.
** The Asgard dislike sharing most of their technology, but nevertheless were willing to give technology in gratitude to an inferior race ; this is how Earth got its hyperdrive and power source for that hyperdrive.
As everything in the field of consciousness assumes unusual importance, feelings become magnified ; love, gratitude, joy, sympathy, lust, anger, pain, terror, despair, or loneliness may become overwhelming, or two seemingly incompatible feelings may be experienced at once.
With the progress of the narrative during 1941 – 2 to the breaking of the Fellowship and the war in Rohan, particular aspects in the history and culture of the South-kingdom were introduced one by one: alliance with the Rohirrim and ceding a province to them, in gratitude for their help in the first war with Sauron ; the White Tree and the winged crown, at first just as vague images in Aragorn's song ; the spelling Gondor ; and the Palantíri, with Hornburg and Isengard made into former Gondor fortresses and sites of two out of five Stones in the South-kingdom.
This separation has become imperative ; it will in no way affect the feelings of esteem and gratitude that I preserve.
:* I will give to my teachers the respect and gratitude which is their due ;
:* I WILL GIVE to my teachers the respect and gratitude that is their due ;
In 1899 Kitchener was presented with a small island in the Nile at Aswan in gratitude for his services ; the island was renamed Kitchener's Island in his honour.
" The four last years of the emperor Justin were passed in tranquil obscurity: his conscience was no longer tormented by the remembrance of those duties which he was incapable of discharging ; and his choice was justified by the filial reverence and gratitude of Tiberius.
Only at the end of his explanation of the treatise of Epictetus, Simplicius mentions, with gratitude, the consolation which he had found under tyrannical oppression in such ethical contemplations ; which might suggest that it was composed during, or immediately after, the above-mentioned persecutions.
Craighead County was officially formed February 19, 1859 ; in gratitude, the citizens then named the main county seat Jonesboro, for Senator Jones.
The knifemakers returned to profitability and were able to pay off their debts ; and in gratitude Bradley had a statue of McKinley erected that remains in Walden today.

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