Walter Burkert points out, " When in the Iliad Zeus calls the gods into assembly on Mount Olympus, it is not only the well-known Olympians who come along, but also all the nymphs and all the rivers ; Okeanos alone remains at his station ", Greek hearers recognized this impossibility as the poet's hyperbole, which proclaimed the universal power of Zeus over the ancient natural world: " the worship of these deities ," Burkert confirms, " is limited only by the fact that they are inseparably identified with a specific locality.

When Flavian and Hilary objected, Dioscorus called for a pro-monophysite mob to enter the church and assault Flavian as he clung to the altar.

When Territorial Governor Andrew Reeder objected, he was fired by President Pierce, a Doughface.

When she objected, Moon replied " If you don't like it, you can just fuck off!

When Richard Stallman and the GNU team were implementing POSIX for the GNU operating system, they objected to this on the grounds that most people think in terms of 1024 byte ( or 1 KiB ) blocks.

When called upon to go to the aid of this settlement, which in 1865 – 1866 was sore pressed by one of the mountain Bantu tribes known as the Baramapulana, the burghers of the southern Transvaal objected that the white inhabitants of that region were too lawless and reckless a body to merit their assistance.

When Julia took the offer seriously and pleaded for the opportunity, and Grant earnestly objected, she turned silent, indignant and quite disappointed.

When the Partition Treaty became known in 1698, the Spanish vehemently objected to the planned dismemberment of their empire ; although Charles II agreed to name the Bavarian Prince his heir, he assigned to him the whole Spanish Empire rather than merely the parts England and France had chosen.

When Hussein objected and offered to participate in Egypt's defense, Nasser warned him " to save his army from destruction.

When Strickland objected, stating that such a course was unfair to Labor, Holman had him replaced.

When the name SNARK became known, the name was briefly reversed to become KRANS ; this was quickly abandoned when someone objected that " krans " meant " funeral wreath " in Swedish ( though it simply means " wreath "; this part of the story may be apocryphal ).

When World War I began, Italy remained neutral at first, despite being part of the Triple Alliance ( albeit it was signed on defensive terms and Italy objected that the Sarajevo assassination did not qualify as aggression ).

When Beaton objected to the new arrangements Margaret had him arrested and thrown into jail.

When the two English ambassadors present at court, Thomas Magnus and Roger Radclyff, objected that she should not attack her lawful husband she responded in anger, telling them to " go home and not meddle with Scottish matters.

When Theramenes again objected that this number was still too small, the leaders arranged for a military review to be staged after which the citizens were ordered to pile their arms ; with the help of the Spartan garrison, the oligarchs then confiscated all arms except those belonging to the 3, 000.

When Jughead's family objected to Hot Dog living indoors because he was covered in dirt, Dilton Doiley built Hot Dog a doghouse full of whimsical inventions, which was the kickoff plot for the miniseries Hot Dog.

When proposed judgments were objected to, usually by other saints, the administration would occasionally resort to the counsels of advisory elders.

When her teachers objected to her participating in theatrical arts, her mother enrolled her in Venice High School, and at 15, she began appearing in local stage productions.

When Atlantic Records signed them, they discovered that another group, Borrah Minnevitch's and Johnny Puleo's ' Harmonica Rascals ', objected to their release of records under the name ' Rascals '.

When the Ottomans gave way to Louis Bonaparte's demands, Russia strongly objected and on May 7, 1853 one of Russia's leading statesmen, Prince Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, arrived in Turkey to work out an agreement.

When Bell objected that he lacked the necessary knowledge, Henry firmly advised: " Get it!

When he was Leader of the Opposition, Bruce's successor James Scullin ( 1929 – 32 ) had objected to the cost of running The Lodge and, true to his word, he and his wife lived at the Hotel Canberra ( now the Hyatt Hotel ) during his Prime Ministership.

When he, as the UGG's delegate to the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, opposed a resolution calling for the continued tax-exempt status of pools, the resolution's proponents suggested stating that it was " endorsed by the cooperatives "; Brownlee objected that the UGG was a cooperative, and the wording was withdrawn.

When, as a teenager, Consuelo objected to the clothing her mother had selected for her, Alva Vanderbilt told her that " I do the thinking, you do as you are told.

When Maine's Owen Brewster objected, and pointed out the millions of dollars in pork going to Illinois, Douglas offered to cut his state's share by 40 %.

" When Lumpkin objected to Hitler's persecution of the Jews, Collins replied: " It is not persecution.

When the possibility that he had not given reconsideration to so weighty a decision seemed to disconcert his questioners, Mr. Eisenhower was known to make his characteristic statement to the press that he was not going to talk about the matter any more.

When the Input/Output Control System is to be used in a program, a DIOCS statement must be used to select the major methods of processing to be used.

When someone says, for example, `` They took x-rays to see that there was nothing wrong with me '', it pays to consider how this statement would normally be made.

When the statement of faith is longer and polemical, as well as didactic, it is not called a creed but a confession of faith.

When a mathematician reasons from the statement " ABC is a triangle " to the statement " triangles exist ", she is not asserting that triangles are made up of atoms but rather that triangles exist within a particular mathematical model.

When the U. S. government learned of Powers ' disappearance over the Soviet Union, it issued a cover statement claiming a " weather plane " had strayed off course after its pilot had " difficulties with his oxygen equipment.

Shortly before his resignation, he gave his final statement from 10 Downing Street, in which he said ; " When the curtain falls, it is time to get off the stage ".

When Dekanozov finally appeared, Ribbentrop read out a short statement saying that the Reich had been forced into " military countermeasures " because of an alleged Soviet plan to attack Germany in July 1941.

When the statement " all A are B " is qualified like this to exclude those A which are not B, this is a form of begging the question ; the conclusion is assumed by the definition of " true A ".

In the statement Baba proclaimed himself " one with the infinite source of everything ," and declared his intention to break his silence: " When I speak, my original message will be delivered to the world and it will have to be accepted ".

Commenting on the anti-Sikh riots in the national capital Delhi, Rajiv Gandhi said, " When a giant tree falls, the earth below shakes "; a statement for which he was widely criticised.

When relations were strained between the two, John VIII steadfastly supported Methodius ; but after his death ( December 882 ) the archbishop's position became insecure, and his need of support induced Goetz to accept the statement of the Vita ( xiii.

When the fallacy of begging the question is committed in a single step, it is sometimes called a hysteron proteron, as in the statement " Opium induces sleep because it has a soporific quality ".

When the Opposition raised the issue of reform during one of the first debates of the year, the Duke made a controversial statement defending the existing system of government, recorded in the formal " third-party " language of the time:

When dealing with direct speech, British placement depends on whether or not the quoted statement is complete or a fragment.

When the film was first released, Walter Francis White, the executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP ) telegraphed major newspapers around the country with the following statement:

When asked about his expectations on the album he released the following statement: " I hope the album makes a great success.

When prodded for a statement, Governor King responded, " He plans to vote for John Kerry, but he doesn't want to make a statement and subject himself to the tender mercies of the Minnesota press ".

When asked about Irving ’ s statement that " more women died on the back seat of Edward Kennedy's car at Chappaquiddick than ever died in a gas chamber in Auschwitz ", Hochhuth dismissed it as provocative black humour.

When warned of potential domination by a Stalin dictatorship over part of Europe, Roosevelt responded with a statement summarizing his rationale for relations with Stalin: " I just have a hunch that Stalin is not that kind of a man.

When it became clear that Elias wouldn ’ t show up to the first show, the band published a statement 30 minutes before show time.

When the Supreme Court of California overturned the state's ban on same-sex marriage, Pelosi released a statement welcoming the " historic decision.

When the programmer types the program executes from the first statement.