Claim: Athenagoras of Syracuse is an elusive character who is only commented on in Thucydides(6.36–40) during the Peloponnesian War in 415 BC.
Evidence: Athenagoras of Syracuse (Greek: Ἀθηναγόρας) an elusive character who is only commented on in Thucydides (6.36–40). The context of his speech in Thucydides is 415 BC, during the Peloponnesian War, when Athens was about to invade Sicily.