Draft of a 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 describes the history of Eleftherios Venizelos' involvement with the translation of Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, it mentions the discovery of manuscripts with his comments and emphasizes the importance and value of his comprehensive translation work.