When the Athenians had heard it they refused to accept his resignation, but chose him two colleagues, naming Menander and Euthydemus, two of the officers at the seat of war, to fill their places until their arrival, that Nicias might not be left alone in his sickness to bear the whole weight of affairs.
Atenastarrek, gutun irakurria entzun ondoren, ez zuten Nizias agintetik apartatu, baizik eta, harekin batera agintea egikaritzeko hautatuak heltzen ziren bitartean, bertan zeuden bi hautatu zituzten, Menandro eta Eutidemo, hura gaixo zegoela bakarrik agindu beharrarekin neka ez zedin.