In this situation, Theramenes, in a speech to the assembly, requested that he be sent as an ambassador to Lysander (who was at this time besieging Samos) to determine the Spartans' intentions towards Athens; he also stated that he had discovered something that might improve the Athenians' situation, although he declined to share it with the citizenry.
Nesta situación, Terámenes, nun discurso na asemblea, pediu que se enviase un embaixador a Lisandro (que estaba a cercar Samos) para determinar as intencións espartanas cara a Atenas; tamén dixo que descubrira algo que podía mellorar a situación dos atenienses, aínda que declinou compartilo cos cidadáns.