Lysis
Translated by Benjamin Jowett
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The opening
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 postern gate of the city, which is by the fountain of Panops, I fell in with Hippothales, the son of Hieronymus, and Ctesippus the Paeanian, and a company of young men who were standing with them. Hippothales, seeing me approach, asked whence I came and whither 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?
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About this edition
- The words
- Benjamin Jowett's English translation, copied word for word.
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Credits: Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger
- Left out
- The source library's header, footer and license, in 2 places
- A preface, foreword or afterword
- Duplicate whole-work title LYSIS, OR FRIENDSHIP; source identity retained in record, not a fabricated chapter.