| Book. | Date B.C. | |||||
| VII. | 61—64 | 413 | Nicias to the Athenian troops | before the last sea-fight. | ||
| „ | 66—68 | „ | Gylippus to the Syracusan troops | |||
| „ | 77 | „ | Nicias to his troops before the retreat from Syracuse. | |||
| The short speech of the Elean Teutiaplus to Alcidas and the Peloponnesian leaders at Embaton (iii. 30, 427 B.C.) is virtually of this class.
From the set speeches are to be distinguished a few shorter utterances in the direct form, but of a more colloquial character, viz. the dialogue between Archidamus and the Plataeans (ii. 71—74, 429 B.C.); the conversation with the Ambracian herald and an Athenian (iii. 113, 426 B.C.); and the words of Peisander in the Athenian Ecclesia (viii. 53, 411 B.C.). The letter of Nicias (vii. 11—15, 414 B.C.) would be classed by some with the speeches composed by Thucydides, by others as an authentic document. Cp. p. 403, note 4. | ||||||
