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Lysis.

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Persons of the Dialogue. Socrates, who is the narrator. Hippotheles. Manexanos. Lysis. Catasypos. Seen. A newly erected palestra outside the walls of Athens. I was going from the Academy, straight to the Lyceum, intending to take the Outer Road, which is close under the wall. When I came to the poster and gate of the city, which is by the Fountain of Panopes, I fell in with Hippotheles, the son of Hieronymus, and Catasypos, the Peyinian, and a company of young men who were standing with them. Hippotheles, seeing me approach, asked when sight came, and with there I was going. I am going, I replied, from the Academy, straight to the Lyceum. Then come straight to us, he said, and put in here, you may as well.
Who are you I said, and where am I to come? He showed me an enclosed space, and an open door over against the wall. And there he said, is the building at which we all meet, and a goodly company we are. And what is this building I asked, and what sort of entertainment have you? The building he replied is a newly erected palestra, and the entertainment is generally conversation to which you are welcome. Thank you, I said, and is there any teacher there? Yes, he said, your old friend and admirer, Mikos. Indeed, I replied, he is a very eminent professor. Are you disposed, he said, to go with me and see them? Yes, I said, but I should like to know first what is expected of me, and who is the favorite among you? Some persons have one favorite Socrates, and some another he said. And who is yours, I asked? Tell me that Hippo Thales. At this he blushed, and I said to him, oh Hippo Thales, the son of Hieronymus,

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Lysis.

Featured on Classic Philosophy Library.

This episode includes AI-generated content.