Athenagoras of Syracuse
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Athenagoras of Syracuse
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Athenagoras of Syracuse an elusive character who is only commented on in Thucydides (6.36–40). The context of his speech in Thucydides is 415 BC, during the Peloponnesian War, when Athens was about to invade Sicily. He denies the invasion, rudely retorting to Hermocrates' speech that no invasion was imminent. The basic outline of his speech is as follows: The Athenians who were already fighting a war against Sparta would not want two equally large wars on their hands
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5th-century BC Greek politician
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