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Some are found in Megara, Athens, Chaeronea, Chalcis, Thessaly at Skotousa, in Cynoscephalae and statues of Amazons are all over Greece.
Some of the financial accounts for the Parthenon survive and show that the largest single expense was transporting the stone from Mount Pentelicus, about 16 kilometres from Athens, to the Acropolis.
* 403 BC: Some exiled Athenians return to fight the Thirty Tyrants and restore democracy in Athens.
* Some of the northern Greek cities, including Athens, revolt against the Macedonian regent, Antipater, following the news of Alexander's death.
Some commentators have claimed that Western civilization can be almost defined by its serious testing of the limits of tension between " unaided " reason and faith in " revealed " truths — figuratively summarized as Athens and Jerusalem, respectively.
Some of the athletes would take part in the Games because they happened to be in Athens at the time the Games were held, either on holiday or for work ( e. g., some of the British competitors worked for the British embassy ).
Some Greek officials considered Revolutionary Struggle ( EA ), the group that fired a Chinese-made RPG-7 rocket-propelled grenade at the U. S. Embassy in Athens in January 2007, to be a spin-off of 17N.
Some 5th century torsos of Athena have been found at Athens.
Some city-states, notably Athens, evoked her as a protector but her most celebrated Greek rites and processions show her as an essentially foreign, exotic mystery-goddess, who arrives in a lion-drawn chariot to the accompaniment of wild music, wine, and a disorderly, ecstatic following.
Some modern scholars have found in the surviving poetry evidence that Ibycus might have spent time at Sicyon before journeying to Samos — mythological references indicate local knowledge of Sicyon and could even point to the town's alliance with Sparta against Argos and Athens.
Some scholars, drawing on the discovery of defaced coins from Sinope dating from the period 350-340 BCE, believe that Diogenes only moved to Athens after the death of Antisthenes, and it has been argued that the stories linking Antisthenes to Diogenes were invented by the Stoics in a later period in order to provide a succession linking Socrates to Zeno, via Antisthenes, Diogenes, and Crates.
Some local residents commute to work in industry in Logan, Ohio, or to jobs in Athens, Ohio.
Some modern scholars believe that Tyrtaeus helped to precipitate and formulate this transition but others see no real evidence for this and some even question the authenticity of his few surviving verses — an origin in fifth or fourth century Athens has sometimes been suggested.
Some claim that Isocrates was merely making an appeal to unite all Hellenes under the hegemony of Athens ( whose culture is implied under the words " our common culture ") in a crusade against the Persians rather than their customary fighting against each other.
Some years later, Hippias had attempted to regain power in Athens, assisted by the Spartans.
Some historical sources suggest the end of hostilities was marked by a peace treaty between Athens and Persia, the so-called Peace of Callias.
Some games, e. g. the Panathenaia of Athens, included musical, reading and other non-athletic contests in addition to regular sports events.
Some of the most important figures of Western cultural and intellectual history lived in Athens during this period: the dramatists Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Euripides and Sophocles, the physician Hippocrates, the philosophers Aristotle, Plato and Socrates, the historians Herodotus, Thucydides and Xenophon, the poet Simonides and the sculptor Phidias, The leading statesman of this period was Pericles, who used the tribute paid by the members of the Delian League to build the Parthenon and other great monuments of classical Athens.
Some classicists suggest that the fact that he only won a single prize was due to his non-Athenian birth, as the men of Athens were loath to honor any but their own fellow-citizens.
Some cities, such as Athens and Sparta, even retained their self-governing status within their own territories.
Some have suggested that the peacock was introduced into Europe by Alexander the Great, while others suggest that the bird had reached Athens by 450 BC and may have been introduced even earlier.
Some cities might be subordinate to others ( a colony traditionally deferred to its mother city ), some might have had governments wholly dependent upon others ( the Thirty Tyrants in Athens was imposed by Sparta following the Peloponnesian War ), but the titularly supreme power in each city was located within that city.

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Some of the greatest screen performances come from dramas, as there is ample opportunity for actors to stretch into a role that most other genres cannot afford.
Some have theorized it emerged from the overwhelming influence of Low German in medieval times, having flattened the originally Nordic melodic accent, but stød is absent in most southern Danish dialects where Low German impact would have been the greatest.
Some feel that although masterfully orchestrated, it lacks the melodic lustre so characteristic of Verdi's earlier, great, operas, while many critics consider it Verdi's greatest tragic opera, containing some of his most beautiful, expressive music and some of his richest characterizations.
Some of Spain's greatest music is regarded as having been written in the period.
Some scientists argue that since the head and appendages are the greatest areas for heat loss from the body, the ability to grow long hair on the crown of the head as well as the face provides a distinct advantage in a cold climate.
Some have lauded him as the greatest German symphonist of the 20th century, although he is now largely overlooked, particularly in English-speaking countries.
Another Channel 4 poll in 2001 named it the 23rd greatest film of all time ( the only comedy that came higher on this occasion was Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot, which was ranked 5th ).
Some of the greatest examples of public speaking are well known and studied years after the speech was delivered.
Some of the greatest physicists have also been creative mathematicians.
Some, therefore, of the miserable remnant, being taken in the mountains, were murdered in great numbers ; others, constrained by famine, came and yielded themselves to be slaves for ever to their foes, running the risk of being instantly slain, which truly was the greatest favour that could be offered them: some others passed beyond the seas with loud lamentations instead of the voice of exhortation ... Others, committing the safeguard of their lives, which were in continual jeopardy, to the mountains, precipices, thickly wooded forests, and to the rocks of the seas ( albeit with trembling hearts ), remained still in their country.
Some of the greatest internationally acclaimed artists in the field are Catalina Estrada, Petra Stefankova, Nathan Jurevicius, J. Otto Seibold, Matthew Inman, Leo Blanchette and others.
Some years later, he resumed composing, and, after one more setback, enjoyed his greatest triumph with Saffò ( Naples, 1840 ).
Some of the greatest jugglers from the past 50 years are from Eastern Europe, including Sergej Ignatov, Andrii Kolesnikov, Evgenij Biljauer and Viktor Kee ( featured in Cirque du Soleil productions ).
Some critics consider it " one of the greatest films in the history of international cinema.
Some time ago I left all for Sequoia and have been and am at his feet, fasting and praying for light, for is he not the greatest light in the woods, in the world?
Some scholars have described one or the other as the greatest novelist ever .< ref >" Russian literature.
In 2000, the American Film Institute listed Some Like It Hot as the greatest American comedy film of all time.
In 2002, Channel 4 ranked Some Like It Hot as the fifth greatest film ever made in their 100 Greatest Films Poll.
Some of his greatest successes include opening his own symbolist theatre, producing the first staging of Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi ( 1896 ), and introducing French theatregoers to playwrights such as Ibsen and Strindberg.
Some early development took place to accommodate the popularity of the nearby Sadler's Wells, which became a resort in the 16th century, but the 19th century saw the greatest expansion in housing, soon to cover the whole parish.
Some conspiracy-minded fans say that Kaufman was — with this screenplay — setting up what would be his greatest prank ever: faking his own death.
Some of these players have been recognized as being among Australian rules football's greatest players.
Some of the movies he wrote are extremely well regarded, with Les Enfants du Paradis considered one of the greatest films of all time.
Some posthumous releases followed, many of which became hits, including " A Change Is Gonna Come ", an early protest song that is generally regarded as his greatest composition.

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