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Lysis
Plato · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordThe Academy is the place from which Socrates is walking.
- In LysisThe genitive Ἀκαδημείας marks Socrates’ starting point, repeated when Hippothales asks where he has come from.
- Reading contextThe dialogue does not describe an institution of philosophical teaching there; importing the later sense of “Plato’s Academy” would obscure the immediate dramatic geography.
- A place to readThe Greek example means “from the Academy straight toward the Lyceum.”
- English renderings
- Academy; the place from which Socrates is walking
Meaning
Academy; the place from which Socrates is walking.
Grammatical category: proper noun, feminine.
Use in the book
The genitive Ἀκαδημείας marks Socrates’ starting point, repeated when Hippothales asks where he has come from. In this opening it names a physical location, paired with the Lyceum as his intended destination. The dialogue does not describe an institution of philosophical teaching there; importing the later sense of “Plato’s Academy” would obscure the immediate dramatic geography.