At this point, he wrote to his son and to his commanders in Athens and Corinth telling them to henceforth consider him a dead man and to ignore any letters they might receive written under his seal.
Svému synovi a jeho velitelům v Athénách a v Korintu napsal dopis, v němž jim poručil pokládat ho za mrtvého a ignorovat jakékoli dopisy podepsané jeho jménem.