He was granted that force, but when the ephors learned that the citizens of Byzantium considered him a tyrant, they recalled him through a messenger that reached Clearchus while he was still in the Isthmus of Corinth.
Dia diberi kekuatan itu, tetapi ketika para ephor mengetahui bahwa warga Byzantium menganggapnya sebagai seorang tiran, mereka mengingatnya melalui seorang utusan yang mencapai Klearkhos saat ia masih di Tanah genting Korintus.