Hippothales

The main characters are Socrates, the boys Lysis and Menexenus who are friends, as well as Hippothales, who is in unrequited love with Lysis and therefore, after the initial conversation, hides himself behind the surrounding listeners.

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The main characters are Socrates, the boys Lysis and Menexenus who are friends, as well as Hippothales, who is in unrequited love with Lysis and therefore, after the initial conversation, hides himself behind the surrounding listeners.

Capsule Summaries of the Great Books of the Western World Jonathan Aquino 2009

What Hippothales does is sing eulogies to Lysis, and that, Socrates argues, no skilled lover would ever do.

Plato on Friendship and Eros Reeve, C. D. C. 2007

Hippothales, like Socrates, loves beautiful boys and philosophical discussions (203b6-204a3).

Plato on Friendship and Eros Reeve, C. D. C. 2007

Hippothales asks Socrates to tell him “what someone should say or do to get his prospective boyfriend to love him?”

Plato on Friendship and Eros Reeve, C. D. C. 2007

In this manner Socrates reads a lesson to Hippothales, the foolish lover of Lysis, respecting the style of conversation which he should address to his beloved.

Lysis; or Friendship 2006

I should observe that Hippothales, when he saw the crowd, got behind them, where he thought that he would be out of sight of Lysis, lest he should anger him; and there he stood and listened.

Lysis; or Friendship 2006

O Hippothales, I said, if you have ever made any verses or songs in honour of your favourite, I do not want to hear them; but I want to know the purport of them, that I may be able to judge of your mode of approaching your fair one.

Lysis; or Friendship 2006

Lysis and Menexenus gave a faint assent to this; and Hippothales changed into all manner of colours with delight.

Lysis; or Friendship 2006

Ah, Hippothales, I said; what a noble and really perfect love you have found!

Lysis; or Friendship 2006