Alcibiades gave this advice to Tissaphernes and the King, with whom he then was, not merely because he thought it really the best, but because he was studying means to effect his restoration to his country, well knowing that if he did not destroy it he might one day hope to persuade the Athenians to recall him, and thinking that his best chance of persuading them lay in letting them see that he possessed the favour of Tissaphernes.
47.-Altzibiadesek aholku horiek Tisafemesi eta erregeari eman zizkien ez bakarrik, bere gortean babesturik zegoenez, uste zuelako haientzat hoberenak zirela, baizik eta baita aberrira bere itzulera prestatzeko ere, zeren ondo baitzekien, aberria desegingo ez balute, egunen batean konbentzi zitzakeela atenastarrak dei egin ziezaioten, eta uste zuen konbentzituko zituela, batez ere Tisafernes bere lagun legez agertuz gero, eta gertatu ere horixe gertatu zen.