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词条 Euphemus (archon)
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  1. Archonship

  2. Thucydides

  3. Notes and references

{{For|the mythological Argonaut and the character in the Iliad|Euphemus}}Euphemus ({{lang-grc-gre|Εύφημος}}) was archon of Athens in 417/416 BC.[1] In Thucydides, he is given a speech which portrays Athens as a tyrannical city.[2]

Archonship

Euphemus gives his name to the year of his archonship in 417/416 BC.[1] During his archonship, the Argive alliance with Athens is renewed and the Melian expedition is undertaken.[2]

Thucydides

His speech rendered in Thucydides, Book 6 (72-88.2), as Athenian ambassador to Camarina gives reply to Hermocrates the Syracusan: "Euphemus responds in terms that characterize all Athenian political strategy as an assessment of imperial expediency."[3]{{Rp|290}} Athens has become a tyrant.[4]

Notes and references

1. ^Benjamin D. Meritt, "The Spartan Gymnopaidia", Classical Philology, Vol 26, No 1, (January 1931), pp 70-84, {{JSTOR|264683}} accessed 23 November 2011.
2. ^Jacob Geerlings, "The Athenian Calendar and the Argive Alliance", Classical Philology, Vol 24, No 3 (July 1929), pp 239-244 {{JSTOR|262846}} accessed 23 November 2011.
3. ^Thomas F. Scanlon, "Thucydides and Tyranny", Classical Antiquity, Vol 6, No 2 (Oct, 1987), pp 286-301, {{JSTOR|25010872}} accessed 23 November 2011
4. ^P. J. Rhodes, "Democracy and Empire" in Loren J. Samons II (ed), The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Pericles, Cambridge University Press, 2007, Cambridge Collections Online accessed 24 November 2011 {{DOI|10.1017/CCOL9780521807937.002}}
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