When war broke out afresh with Thebes the king twice invaded Boeotia ( in 378 BC and 377 BC ), although he spent the next five years largely out of action due to an unspecified but apparently grave illness.

When Amphitryon finally returned to Thebes, Alcmene told him that he had come the night before and slept with her ; he learned from Tiresias what Zeus had done.

When Pausanias visited Thebes in Boeotia, in the second century AD, he was shown Hector's tomb and was told that the bones had been transported to Thebes according to a Delphic oracle.

When Hera learned that Semele, daughter of Cadmus King of Thebes, was pregnant by Zeus, she disguised herself as Semele's nurse and persuaded the princess to insist that Zeus show himself to her in his true form.

When the boy grows up, he attends some funeral games at Thebes, and is recognized by the mark of a dragon on his body.

When Pausanias visited Thebes in the 2nd century AD, he was shown the very bridal chamber where Zeus visited her and begat Dionysus.

When his true identity was later discovered, officials exiled the women from Thebes.

When Oedipus, the king of Thebes, realized he had married his own mother and had two sons and two daughters with her, he blinded himself and cursed his sons to divide their inheritance ( the kingdom ) by the sword.

When the relationship was revealed, he was expelled from Thebes.

When Oedipus stepped down as King of Thebes, he gave the kingdom to his two sons, Eteocles and Polynices, who both agreed to alternate the throne every year.

When word came of Laius's death, Creon offered the throne of Thebes as well as the hand of his sister ( and Laius ' widow ) Jocasta, to anyone who could free the city from the Sphinx.

When Cadmus was obliged to quit Thebes, Harmonia accompanied him.

When the government of Thebes was bestowed upon Cadmus by Athena, Zeus gave him Harmonia.

When he returns to Thebes, he is again put on trial, and again acquitted.

When Labdacus had grown, he ruled Thebes for a short time.

When news of the uprising at Thebes reached Sparta, an army under Cleombrotus had been dispatched to subdue the city, but turned back without engaging the Thebans.

When Epaminondas returned to Thebes, he continued to be dogged by his political enemies who prosecuted him for the second time.

When Epaminondas came forward asking to swear on behalf of the whole Boeotian League, the Spartans refused saying he could swear as the representative of Thebes or not at all.

When the Argives ( of Aeschylus's Seven Against Thebes or Statius ' Thebaid ) marched against Thebes, they met Hypsipyle and made her show them a fountain where they could get water.

When Heracles grew up, he built a sanctuary to Galinthias and sacrificed to her ; the practice of honoring Galinthias in Thebes lasted down to late times.

When Oedipus stepped down as King of Thebes, he gave the kingdom to Eteocles and Polynices, who both agreed to alternate the throne every year.

When still a general, Horemheb built a large tomb here, though he was later buried as Pharaoh in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes.

When someone in the audience rose and asked how does it feel to be a celebrity, Carl said, `` A celebrity is a fellow who eats celery with celerity ''.

When the stock exchange opened this morning, many dealers were quick to purchase shares in Douglas, Lockheed and United Aircraft and prices rose substantially.

When East Germans fled to the West by the thousands, paeans of joy rose from the throats of Western publicists.

When Alexander Brandel rose to speak, the hall became silent.

When the algae began to build up again, the effluent BOD rose.

When he turned into the highway that led to the outskirts of the city and then rose toward home, he had to pull over to the curb and wait for a few minutes, sucking in air and squinting and blinking his eyes to clear them of tears.

When he rose in the morning, the image was still there.

When he appeared either in church or chapter all present rose and bowed.

When Red Hat's stock rose significantly after its initial public offering in 1999, they sold enough stock to recoup their initial investment, and retained some stocks.

When they opened the bag to show the guards, it appeared no longer to hold her head but to be full of rose petals.

When the boys awakened from death, they rose up and joined in a song of praise to God for the miracle vouchsafed to them ; later, they went to Israel, where they married and reared children.

When war went badly, prices rose and the sans-culottes — poor labourers and radical Jacobins – rioted ; counter-revolutionary activities began in some regions.

When Mr. Butler is able to get his fat legs over a one foot high bar, Rhett puts Bonnie on the pony, and soon Mr. Butler is leaping bars and Aunt Melly's rose bushes.

When Napoleon rose to power in 1799, there was no ancient base from which to draw his staff, and he had to choose the people he thought best for the job, including officers from his army, revolutionaries who had been in the National Assembly, and even some former aristocrats such as prime minister Talleyrand.

When in 68 his neighbor the future Emperor Galba, the governor of Hispania Tarraconensis, rose in revolt against Nero, Otho accompanied him to Rome.

When the ice sheet disappeared, the shield rose again, a tendency that continues to this day at a rate of about one meter per century.

When Senator Valdore questioned this policy, he was dismissed from the senate ( although he later joined the military, and rose quickly through the ranks, becoming Admiral by 2154 ).

When, in 1898, attempts were made to actually collect the tax, they rose up, first in the north, led by a dominant Temne chief called Bai Bureh, and then in Mende country to the south.

When Ferdinand's rule was restored, these juntas were cautious of abandoning their autonomy, and an alliance between local elites, merchant interests, nationalists, and liberals opposed to the abrogation of the Constitution of 1812 rose up against the Spanish in the New World.

When the cult of Ra rose to prominence, with its cult center at Heliopolis, Ra was identified with the similar deity, Horus.

When silver prices rose relative to gold as a reaction to the California Gold Rush, silver coinage was worth more than face value, and rapidly flowed overseas for melting.

When the compass is in use, the rose is aligned with the real directions in the frame of reference, so, for example, the " N " mark on the rose really points to the north.

When associated with Carolyn, the rose represents a " façade for suburban success ".

When Lester fantasizes about Angela in a rose petal bath, the steam was real, save for in the overhead shot.