Herodotus's recitation at Olympia was a favourite theme among ancient writers and there is another interesting variation on the story to be found in the Suda, Photius and Tzetzes, in which a young Thucydides happened to be in the assembly with his father and burst into tears during the recital, whereupon Herodotus observed prophetically to the boy's father: " Thy son's soul yearns for knowledge.

* Pentamino New, very interesting Pentomino variation.

* The thirty syllable, Celtic verse form Englyn from the Welsh language is another interesting variation of the quatrain, and is also now popular in the English language.

An interesting variation of the rolling block was the Austrian M1867 Werndl-Holub, in which the pivot pin was parallel to the barrel and the block rotated sideways.

Jorge Luis Borges presents an interesting variation of the myth in a short story, " La Casa de Asterión " (" The House of Asterion ").

An interesting variation of this idea is the use of genetically modified cells that can produce custom-tailored ribozymes.

An interesting variation was Ford's VV ( Variable Venturi ) carburetor, which was essentially a fixed venturi carburetor with one side of the venturi hinged and movable to give a narrow throat at low rpm and a wider throat at high rpm.

This is an interesting variation on just-in-time compilation, and it results in a much better advantage over an interpreter, since many instructions can be executed in native code without making intervening decisions on the ' direction ' register.

This same account is substantially taken up about three centuries later by the author of the Aristotelian Athenaion Politeia but with an interesting variation :"... there was conflict between the nobles and the common people for an extended period.

An interesting variation on the tradition of the picaresque is The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan ( 1824 ), a satirical view on early nineteenth century Persia, written by a British diplomat, James Morier.

An interesting variation of the flechette that addresses its difficulties is the SCMITR, developed as part of the Close Assault Weapon System, or CAWS, project.

An interesting variation on the opposed-piston engine is the free-piston engine, which was patented in 1934 by Raúl Pateras de Pescara.

He invented a new hydrogen thermometer ; measured the densities of iodine at very high temperatures ; demonstrated an interesting regularity in the variation of the boiling points of chemically allied substances with the external pressure ; prepared a number of new compounds of the element silicon, which are interesting because of their chemical resemblance to the corresponding compounds of carbon ; and also prepared new compounds of arsenic.

He described Glassjaw as " more interesting than their metal peers " and reflected " Glassjaw can pound it out like the best of them, but the fun comes in never knowing what variation the band will throw in next.

The total variation of any probability measure is exactly one, therefore it is not interesting as a means of investigating the properties of such measures.

An interesting variation of this scheme is to have two or more subroutines in a ring so that they are called in round robin order.

An interesting variation is the following ending playing in no trumps with the lead in South:

Jordan ( 1947 ) noted that the mass ratio for a typical star and an electron approximates to 10 < sup > 60 </ sup >, an interesting variation on the 10 < sup > 40 </ sup > and 10 < sup > 80 </ sup > that are typically associated with Dirac and Eddington respectively.

Particularly interesting about Hugo's transcriptions was his notation of variation between successive verses sung by the lead singer, a procedure common in folk song.

An interesting variation is to have the background and foreground move in opposite directions.

Although white sugar is most commonly used, adding gur ( jaggery ) as the sweetener is an interesting variation prepared in Orissa.

Other critics said it was nothing but " an interesting variation of the old alienation theme "; " a social statement rather than.

An interesting caveat is that although this variation bears Botvinnik's name, he was not the first person known to have played it — a Nazi with the name of Klaus Junge is credited as the actual inventor.

Because Broadway is a true north – south route that parallels the Hudson River and preceded the grid that the Commissioners ' Plan of 1811 imposed on the island, Broadway diagonally crosses Manhattan, its intersections with avenues marked by " squares " ( some merely triangular slivers of open space ) have induced some interesting architecture, such as the Flatiron Building.

( Knox had, in an interesting twist, briefly shared accommodations with André while en route to Ticonderoga in 1775, when the latter was traveling south on parole after being captured near Montreal.

Due to a limited amount of tourist signs, a list of interesting points compiled prior to driving a route to Évora is important.

The quaint village of Wupperthal forms part of a mission station route that provides visitors with an interesting view of rural life.

** This is the normal route, similar to the north glacier route ( normal ) on Mount Athabasca but considered more interesting.

The route passes many interesting places and there is much to see, including attractive countryside, pretty villages, ancient English market towns, churches and a cathedral, and abundant wildlife.

The B2000 is rural in nature with several interesting old buildings along its route.

The latter route is slightly longer and has more locks, but many consider it to be more scenic and interesting.

Also there is one interesting short route if one has to skip the seven hills. By this route, you can reach the temple in 1 hour instead of 2 hours through seven hills but this route goes through very very dense forests hence if you are in group of many people, this route can be tried

The Bear Museum, just off route 232 has many interesting exhibits and a 40 minute film reconstructing the attack.

The route passes through the town of Annan and offers interesting walking both up river and down from the town.

This is a rare instance of a hidden route in New Hampshire, and is interesting in that a duplicate state numbering has been given precedence over a unique federal one.

The garage has seen an interesting mix of buses over the years ranging from Ford minibuses and A class Dodges to Volvo Ailsas and the route branded X43 Scanias acquired when Finchley Garage closed.

Prior to electrification of the route, steam hauled passenger trains were varied and interesting.

" Schaefer envisioned resourceful hikers making use of what they found along the way ," say historians Guy and Laura Waterman — whether hikers ' trails, back roads, abandoned wood roads, tow paths, creek beds, game trails, plus occasional bushwhacks where that appeared to offer the most interesting route.

... route that a person having good " woods " sense could use to move across a region using compass and " topo " map, and that in a meandering way would lead such persons to most of the interesting scenic vistas, rock formations, choice or unique vegetation, historical sites and similar items that a certain type of outdoors person enjoys

The Draft Program was interesting in other respects, too.

It was interesting to note that many of these Juniors were showing dogs in various other classes at the show prior to the Finals of the Junior Class.

Technique pure and simple, rendition, is not of major importance, but it is interesting that Parker, following Lester Young, was one of the leaders of the so-called saxophone revolution.

One of the most interesting findings was the extreme sensitivity of plasma arylesterases to rare earth ions.

It was a rugged finish for what must have been a very interesting night.

`` There had been a threesome at the party in the suite's bedroom: Miss Harrington ( this was Diane's choice for a Roman name ), another woman who has figured in other very interesting events and one of your well-known American actors.

It was an interesting fraternisation of ex-convicts, union racketeers, ward heelers, sold-out officials, and gunmen.

And it was interesting to observe that B.B.C.'s television film on Christmas Eve was The Bells Of St. Mary's.

What is interesting about these chamber works here is how they all reveal the aspect of French music that was moving toward the rococo.

He considered some interesting excursion but he was on the road every day from dawn to dusk.

Not only was his Belgian nationality interesting because of Belgium's occupation by Germany ( which provided a valid explanation of why such a skilled detective would be out of work and available to solve mysteries at an English country house ), but also at the time of Christie's writing, it was considered patriotic to express sympathy with the Belgians, since the invasion of their country had constituted Britain's casus belli for entering World War I, and British wartime propaganda emphasized the " Rape of Belgium ".

According to the author of his biography in the Eleventh edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica: " Ambrose is interesting as typical of the new humanism which was growing up within the church.

Another interesting insight into Athenian democracy comes from the law that excluded from decisions of war those citizens who had property close to the city walls-on the basis that they had a personal interest in the outcome of such debates because the practice of an invading army at the time was to destroy the land outside the walls.

It was " intended to afford a medium for the presentation and analysis of any and all questions of interest or importance in pure and applied Mathematics, embracing especially all new and interesting discoveries in theoretical and practical astronomy, mechanical philosophy, and engineering ".

In the case of Arcturus, this was an interesting discovery as it is known that the redder ( more towards or within the M spectral class ) a giant gets, the more variable it will be.

“ A visit to the ground has only confirmed me ,” Lucas wrote in 1921 ; “ and it was interesting to find that Mr. Apostolides, son of the large local landowner, the hospitality of whose farm at Tekés I enjoyed, was convinced too that the site was by Driskole Krini, for the very sound reason that neither the hills nor the river further east suit Caesar ’ s description .” John D. Morgan in his definitive “ Palae-pharsalus – the Battle and the Town ”, arguing for a site closer still to Krini, where he places Palaepharsalos, writes: “ My reconstruction is similar to Lucas ’ s, and in fact I borrow one of his alternatives for the line of the Pompeian retreat.

Andy Medhurst wrote in his 1991 essay " Batman, Deviance, and Camp " that Batman is interesting to gay audiences because " he was one of the first fictional characters to be attacked on the grounds of his presumed homosexuality ," " the 1960s TV series remains a touchstone of camp ," and " merits analysis as a notably successful construction of masculinity.

There are a number of interesting monuments, most notably that of Prior Vivian which was formerly in the Priory Church ( Thomas Vivian's effigy lying on a chest: black Catacleuse stone and grey marble ).

An interesting phenomenon occurred during the World War II era, when sterling silver was often incorporated into costume jewelry designs.

he added: Closely examined, painstakingly studied, she is easily the most interesting person on the planet, and in several ways as easily the most extraordinary woman that was ever born upon it.

Most interesting was Mather ’ s decision not to tell the community of the others whom Goodwife Clover claimed practiced witchcraft.