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Lysis
Plato · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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- The wordHippothales is the young man in love with Lysis.
- In LysisHis repetitive poems and praise provoke Socrates’ demonstration of another way of speaking to a beloved.
- Reading contextThe narrative records his reaction without granting the proposal final authority.
- A place to readThe Greek example means “Hippothales, however.”
- English renderings
- Hippothales; the young man in love with Lysis
Meaning
Hippothales; the young man in love with Lysis.
Grammatical category: proper noun, masculine.
Use in the book
His repetitive poems and praise provoke Socrates’ demonstration of another way of speaking to a beloved. He listens from concealment and later delights in the proposal that the genuine lover must be loved in return. The narrative records his reaction without granting the proposal final authority.