Plato's Dialogues: Lysis

Plato's Dialogues: Lysis by Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. Lysis is a dialogue of Plato which discusses the nature of friendship. It is generally classified as an early dialogue. 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. No answer is given in the Lysis to the question, 'What is Friendship?' an...