Alcibiades agreed to return, but on the way back his ship escaped to the Peloponnese, where he eventually sought refuge in Sparta; a death sentence was passed "in absentia", his guilt seemingly proven.
Alcibiades agreed to return, but when his ship stopped in southern Italy at Thurii he escaped and made his way to the Peloponnese, where he eventually sought refuge in Sparta. In Athens a death sentence was passed "in absentia", his guilt seemingly proven.