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Euphemus (archon)
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Euphemus (Ancient Greek: 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.[3]
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."[4]: 290 Athens has become a tyrant.[2]
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