Of  the  other  seven  speeches,  with  one  exception,  little
need  be  said,  because  when  subjected  to  inner  criticism  they
do  not  afford  any  certain  clue  to  an  answer  to  the  question
under  consideration.  The  last  part  of  the  Corinthian
speech  at  Athens  in  433  contains  striking  historical  matter
which  may  suggest  a  personal  reminiscence  of  the  words
actually  spoken,  historical  matter  ^  which  the  historian  may
have  purposely  omitted  from  his  chapters  on  the  Samian
Revolt,*  because  he  knew  that  he  would  have  to  insert  it
in  this  speech.  This  peculiarity  may  possibly  suggest  that
the  historian  actually  heard  the  speech  delivered,  and  was
therefore  present  at  Athens  in  B.C.  433.
1  /iket.  iii.  4.
2  Reference  to  the  Corinthian  attitude  at  the  Congress  at  Lace-
daemon  upon  the  question  of  giving  aid  to  the  Samians,  i.  41.
^  i.  115,  116,  117.
