It was therefore decided to bring him to trial and execute him, and the Salaminia was sent to Sicily for him and the others named in the information, with instructions to order him to come and answer the charges against him, but not to arrest him, because they wished to avoid causing any agitation in the army or among the enemy in Sicily, and above all to retain the services of the Mantineans and Argives, who, it was thought, had been induced to join by his influence.
Bere burua defenda zezan itzul zedila esateko agindua zekarten, ez hura atxilotzeko agindua, Sizilian zeuden soldaduak, eurenak nahiz etsaiak, asalda ez zitezen, eta batez ere mantinearrak eta argostarrak, ustez Altzibiadesen bitartekotzari esker espedizioan parte hartzea ebatzi zutenak, bertan geratzea nahi zutelako.