It dramatizes the negotiations between the emissaries of the Athenian invaders and the rulers of Melos, in which the Athenians demanded that Melos submit and pay tribute or be destroyed.
It dramatizes the negotiations between the emissaries of the Athenian invaders. It dramatizes the negotiations between the rulers of Melos. Melos submit and pay tribute. This was what the Athenians demanded. Melos be destroyed in Melos. This was what the Athenians demanded.