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Speech of Euphemus, Athenian ambassador (82-87)

After Hermocrates, the Athenian ambassador Euphemus comes forward.

εἶπεν: aor., as always in Thuc. in referring back to a completed speech. See on 2. 71. 6.—ὁ δ᾽ Εὔφημος: already mentioned 75. 20, hence the art. Nothing further is known of his personality. In the following speech the idea of the interest of his own state is dominant.

Commentary on Thucydides Book 6. Charles F. Smith. 1913. Boston. Ginn and Company.

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