The gods give him a shield, which portrays nothing less than a cosmic history of humanity; it is forged with images of "cities of mortal men," marriages and marketplaces, arrays of armies, sheep and shambling cattle, tilled land and harvests, vineyards and masters of metalwork.
He has also faced an array of defections of army officers disillusioned with his rule.
To represent a battalion of marching soldiers, Mr. Gabriadze lines up an array of doll-size army helmets on what appear to be baking pans.
The offensive is being waged by an array of forces: the Iraqi army and federal police; Kurdish fighters known as peshmerga; local Sunni, Christian, Yazidi and Shabak fighters; and members of Shiite militias, some of them backed by Iran.
However Prime Minister Ehud Barak of Israel asserted tonight that such strikes remained "part of the army's array of options" in response to military losses.
But experts say the FARC is confronting a new array of strategic factors: a strengthened army, a formidable right-wing paramilitary force and intense international support for a negotiated settlement.
We are an irregular army, an array of misfits, disciplined by deadlines and little else.
Kratos summons Cronos, climbs for three days before reaching the Temple entrance, overcomes an array of deadly traps and an army of monsters, and eventually finds the Box.
Currently, there are at least 80,000 Russian troops garrisoned across Chechnya, culled from a confusing array of security ministries -- the federal army, military intelligence, F.S.B. units, anti-crime units, anti-drug units, police patrollers and border guards.
But so far the Alawite-led army, with its array of privileges, has remained loyal to the defiant Mr Assad.
