Draft speech by Dimitrios Kaklamanos, regarding a lecture at King's College, London, on the literary achievement of the adaptation of Thucydides in modern Greek by Eleftherios Venizelos. It analyzes the political trace of Eleftherios Venizelos in contrast to his engagement with the translation of the History of the Peloponnesian War, as well as the timeless importance of this work of Thucydides.