Id cum minus diligenter esset celatum, Tiribazus, qui Sardibus praeerat, Cononem evocavit, simulans ad regem eum se mittere velle magna de re. Huius nuntio parens cum venisset, in vincla coniectus est, in quibus aliquamdiu fuit. Inde nonnulli eum ad regem abductum ibique eum perisse scriptum reliquerunt. Contra ea Dinon historicus, cui nos plurimum de Persicis rebus credimus, effugisse scripsit; illud addubitat, utrum Tiribazo sciente an imprudente sit factum.
Since Tiribazus, the governor of Sardis, did not hide his plan carefully enough, he summoned Conon and lied that he wanted to send him to the king for an important mission. Conon followed and came to him, but he got imprisoned for a long time. Some writers claimed that he was taken to the king and executed, but Dinon, a reliable historian in Persian history, stated that he escaped. However, he was uncertain whether Tiribazus had a hand in it or not.