He was, as he had expected, condemned, a fine of one hundred and fifty thousand ases being laid upon him.
Two and a half ases were equal to a sestertius, and ten ases (or four sesterces) equalled one denarius, worth about sixteen cents.
They found copper in their soil and made a pound (as) of it their unit of value, but it was so cheap that ten thousand ases were required to buy a war horse, though cattle and sheep were much lower.
No doubt he has tried to escape from the vengeance of the Ases by seeking refuge in the mountains among the giants, his natural allies, or perhaps in the deep sea, with the serpent Iormungandur.
Illustration: 159] For this war against the giants Odin has bestowed upon his son three precious objects, which in the inventory of the Ases appear under the name of Thor's Three Jewels.
The Ases are troubled and amazed; they meet, they look at each other, thoroughly frightened, for on the life of Balder depends the existence of all the other gods.
The place of missing monsters is occupied by some of those whom Odin spared on the occasion of his first campaign against the giant sons of Ymer, and by the wolf Fenris, whom the Ases had treacherously captured.
In order to encourage men in these efforts, the Ases made it a point every morning to show their bright, shining heads above the horizon and thus to cheer them by their presence and the interest they took in their labors.
The Ases were beyond the reach of Hela, and Loki's refusal would not have rendered void the unanimous vote of all Nature, when tears of pity and sympathy alone were to be given as votes.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ases" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
