Although 64 is the highest number depicted on the doubling cube, the stakes may rise to 128, 256, and so on.

Although nude men were depicted standing upright, most depictions of female nudity in Greek art occurred " usually with drapery near at hand and with a forward-bending, self-protecting posture ".

Although some scenes from the Odyssey remained favorites of the vase-painters, notably the visually dramatic episode of Polyphemus, the Circe episode was rarely depicted.

Although he is depicted as a peaceful king in children's books, he in fact waged many victorious wars and was readying for others just before he died.

Although high level of stylization, mystical appeal, and surreal elegance were often preferred over realism ( such as in shan shui style ), beginning with the medieval Song Dynasty there were many Chinese painters then and afterwards who depicted scenes of nature that were vividly real.

Although this depiction still exists in the Far East, Guanyin is more often depicted as a woman in modern times.

Although the okapi was unknown to the Western world until the 20th century, it was possibly depicted 2, 500 years ago on the façade of the Apadana, at Persepolis, as a gift from the Ethiopian procession to the Achaemenid kingdom.

Although commonly depicted being used by angels, their use in churches was limited, a prominent exception being the music of the Venetian School.

Although both planets orbit their central star ( as depicted in Star Trek Nemesis ), Romulus and Remus are often referred to as a double planet.

Although artists have depicted the figure on a cross with a loin cloth or a covering of the genitals, writings by Seneca the Younger suggest that victims were crucified completely nude.

Although the fjord outside Molde has schools of both pilot whales and orca, the whale depicted is a baleen whale, which is not found in the area.

Although often depicted with alternating double and single bonds, phenyl groups are chemically aromatic and show nearly equal bond lengths between carbon atoms in the ring.

Although " The Cage " did not air, Spock's eleven years of service under the command of Captain Christopher Pike are referenced and depicted in " The Menagerie " ( 1966 ) and other episodes.

Although in modern culture they are often depicted as young, sometimes winged, humanoids of small stature, they originally were depicted quite differently: tall, radiant, angelic beings or short, wizened trolls being two of the commonly mentioned forms.

Although she is a tomboy, on countless occasions strips have depicted Toots as having more of a feminine role than that of say Minnie the Minx.

Although the building no longer houses the headquarters of the Transamerica Corporation, it is still strongly associated with the company and is depicted in the company's logo.

Although the tower no longer serves as the Transamerica Corporation headquarters, it is still strongly associated with the company and is depicted in the company's logo.

Although Boromir's death ends the Fellowship, he is depicted as having died as a hero.

Although Helen is sometimes depicted as being raped by Paris, Ancient Greek sources are often elliptical and contradictory.

Although not specified by law, the olive branch is usually depicted with 13 leaves and 13 olives, again representing the 13 original states.

Although the events and characters depicted are fictional, it is often misidentified as a documentary film.

Although usually depicted as a Red giant or Red supergiant, in this story Rao is mentioned by Jor-El to be a Red dwarf.

Although that phrase, itself depicted in a type of still life, vanitas, originally referred not to obsession with one's appearance, but to the ultimate fruitlessness of man's efforts in this world, the phrase summarizes the complete preoccupation of the subject of the picture.

Although almost all of his work depicted women in bondage, he also produced some series of female dominant images, and a few male bondage images, some of which are now displayed at the Leather Archives and Museum in Chicago.

Although Sherlock Holmes is not the original fiction detective ( he was influenced by Poe's Dupin and Gaboriau's Lecoq ), his name has become a byword for the part.

Although many of the descriptions in this book were written in an exaggerated manner or were plainly inventive fiction or 3rd-source misinterpretation, his notes are widely accepted as a useful guide to the cultural aspects and lifestyle of 17th-century Ottoman Empire.

Although this field remains largely confined to science fiction, the possibility of intelligent extraterrestrial life makes the question of alien language a credible topic for scientific and philosophical speculation.

Although Spockanalia had a mix of stories and essays, most zines were all fiction.

Although many of his works feature gothic elements, the first one which is considered to belong purely in the „ gothic fiction “ label is Ostrov Borngolm ( Island of Bornholm ) from 1793.

Although Lovecraft is known mostly for his works of weird fiction, the bulk of his writing consists of voluminous letters about a variety of topics, from weird fiction and art criticism to politics and history.

Although most of the gameplay reflects a distinctly fantasy genre, the overarching plot of the series has something of a science fiction background.

Although horror is not per se a branch of science fiction, many works of horror literature incorporates science fictional elements.

Although perhaps most developed as a genre and community in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, science fiction is a worldwide phenomenon.

Although ratings were weak among general audiences, Babylon 5 had strong support within science fiction fandom.

Although television science fiction has always frequently addressed moral and social themes, recent series have done so with less subtlety and with more blatantly political themes.

Although Scott had attained celebrity through his poetry, he soon tried his hand at documenting his researches into the oral tradition of the Scottish Borders in prose fiction – stories and novels – at the time still considered aesthetically inferior to poetry ( above all to such classical genres as the epic or poetic tragedy ) as a mimetic vehicle for portraying historical events.

Although sold as a thriller in the mould of McGoohan's previous series, Danger Man ( US: Secret Agent ), the show's combination of 1960s countercultural themes and surreal setting had a far-reaching effect on science fiction / fantasy programming, and on popular culture in general.

Although the magazine never lost its touches of humor, it soon established itself as a pre-eminent forum for serious fiction literature and journalism.

Although time travel has been a common plot device in science fiction since the late 19th century and the theories of special and general relativity allow methods for forms of one-way travel into the future via time dilation, it is currently unknown whether the laws of physics would allow time travel into the past.

" Although he originally called it Etudes des Mœurs ( Study of Mores ), it eventually became known as La Comédie Humaine, and he included in it all the fiction that he had published in his lifetime under his own name.

Although superhero fiction is considered a form of fantasy / adventure, it crosses into many genres.

Although Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres in his four-decade career, his name is most commonly associated with horror and science fiction from the ' 70s and ' 80s.

Although the science fiction film Destination Moon is generally described as being based on Heinlein's novel Rocket Ship Galileo, the story in fact bears a much closer resemblance to The Man Who Sold the Moon, whose copyright date shows that it was written in 1949, although it wasn't published until 1951, the year after Destination Moon came out.

Although many science fiction novels such as Nineteen Eighty-Four or Fahrenheit 451 do this, their focus is upon how current trends in society might come to fruition, and act as a moral allegory on the modern world.

Behind the scenes of the filming of Shane. Although the film is fiction, elements of the setting are derived from Wyoming's Johnson County War ( 1892 ).

Although a number of the biographical particulars of the movie are Hollywood-ized fiction ( omitting the fact that Cohan divorced and remarried, for example, and taking some liberties with the chronology of Cohan's life ), care was taken to make the sets, costumes and dance steps match the original stage presentations.

Although the review compared Fleming in unflattering terms to the crime fiction writer of the 1930s and 1940s, Peter Cheyney, it concluded that From Russia, with Love was " exciting enough of its kind.

Although not as well known as many other Greek mythological figures, Autolycus has appeared in a number of works of fiction.