It was primarily Alcibiades, along with Thrasybulus, who calmed the people and showed them the folly of this proposal, which would have sparked civil war and led to the immediate defeat of Athens.
Foron principalmente Alcibíades e Trasíbulo quen acougaron ao pobo e lles mostraron a tolemia desta proposta, que provocaría a guerra civil e tería conducido á derrota de Atenas.