Thucydides, however, concentrates on another aspect of the story. The use of "commander narrative" directs attention to one individual, Hermocrates; his views are given full expression in direct discourse. Again, as in the debate in Athens at the time of the Spartan peace proposal (4.17-20) and in the discussion at Acanthus of Brasidas' demands (4.85-87) a single speech is given where we might have expected an antilogy. Every-thing contributes to the prominence of the Syracusan Hermocrates, now first introduced into the work.