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Lysis
Plato · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordThe Lyceum is Socrates’ intended destination.
- In LysisΛυκείου is genitive after εὐθύ, “straight toward.”
- Reading contextIt should not here be read as the title of Aristotle’s later philosophical school.
- A place to readThe Greek example means “from the Academy straight toward the Lyceum.”
- English renderings
- Lyceum; Socrates’ intended destination
Meaning
Lyceum; Socrates’ intended destination.
Grammatical category: proper noun, neuter.
Use in the book
Λυκείου is genitive after εὐθύ, “straight toward.” Socrates is walking from the Academy outside the city wall when Hippothales diverts him into the newly built wrestling-school. The named destination supplies a route and a setting for the chance encounter. It should not here be read as the title of Aristotle’s later philosophical school.