THEMES:   On the nature of friendship, In search of the proper definition of a friend, On the difference between essential and accidental qualities, On the "Truly Dear" as perhaps the end or ultimate principle of friendship,......... PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE: Socrates, who is the narrator, Menexenus, Hippothales, Lysis, Ctesippus.  SCENE: A newly-erected Palaestra outside the walls of Athens.  I … Continue reading Lysis! (Synopsis – highlights & unredacted quotes lifted from the Socratic dialogue by Plato, Benjamin Jowett translation) →