History of the Peloponnesian War

Such was the speech of Hermocrates; after him Euphemus, the envoy of the Athenians, spoke as follows:-

"We had come here for the renewal of the alliance[*](Cf. Thuc. 6.75.3.) which formerly existed, but as the Syracusan has attacked us it is necessary to speak also about our empire, showing how rightly we hold it.

Now the strongest proof of this the speaker himself stated--that Ionians have always been enemies to the Dorians. It is even so. Accordingly, we, being Ionians, considered in what we way we should be least subject to the Peloponnesians who are Dorians and not only more numerous than we but our near neighbors.[*](Or, retaining αὐτῶν, "For we, being Ionians in the eyes of Peloponnesians who are Dorians, not only more numerous than we but also our near neighbbors, considered in what way we should be least subject to them.")