Alcibiades set about winning over the most influential military officers, and achieved his goal by offering them a threefold plan: the Athenian constitution was to be changed, the recall of Alcibiades was to be voted, and Alcibiades was to win over Tissaphernes and the King of Persia to the Athenian side.
Alcibíades empezou a gañarse aos oficiais máis influentes do exército e conseguiu o seu obxectivo ofrecéndolles un plan composto de tres partes: a constitución ateniense debía ser cambiada, o regreso de Alcibíades debía ser votado e Alcibíades debía gañarse a Tisafernes e ao Rei de Persia para a causa ateniense.