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Thucydides · History of the Peloponnesian War §6.81.1

Introduction of the Athenian Envoy Euphemus

Passage 697 of 917 · Greek

Summary

Hermocrates concludes his speech, and Euphemus, the Athenian ambassador, rises to speak next.

§6.81.1τοιαῦτα μὲν ὁ Ἑρμοκράτης εἶπεν.
Hermocrates spoke to this effect.
ὁ δ’ Εὔφημος ὁ τῶν Ἀθηναίων πρεσβευτὴς μετ’ αὐτὸν τοιάδε.
And Euphemus, the Athenian ambassador, after him, spoke as follows.

Notes

  1. §6.81.1τοιάδε — A verb of speaking (such as εἶπεν) is omitted at the end of the sentence, which can be easily supplied from the preceding clause. The neuter plural accusative demonstrative pronoun τοιάδε refers to what is about to follow, in contrast to τοιαῦτα which refers to what has just been said.

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Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War §6.81.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:6.81.1

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