Dialogue

 1 Lysis|           in with Hippothales, the son of Hieronymus, and Ctesippus
 2 Lysis|           him, O Hippothales, thou son of Hieronymus! do not say
 3 Lysis| distinguish him.~But tell me whose son he is, I said.~He is the
 4 Lysis|           I said.~He is the eldest son of Democrates, of the deme
 5 Lysis|            to Menexenus, and said: Son of Demophon, which of you
 6 Lysis|       value than you who are their son? And do they entrust their
 7 Lysis|         king, and he has an eldest son, who is the Prince of Asia;—
 8 Lysis|          are better cooks than his son, will he not entrust to
 9 Lysis|         Prince of Asia, who is his son?~To us, clearly.~And we
10 Lysis|           by handfuls, whereas the son will not be allowed to put
11 Lysis|          Or suppose again that the son has bad eyes, will he allow
12 Lysis|          wiser than himself or his son he will commit to us?~That
13 Lysis|            treasure (this may be a son, who is more precious to
14 Lysis|         the father, who values his son above all things, value
15 Lysis|           also for the sake of his son? I mean, for instance, if
16 Lysis|      instance, if he knew that his son had drunk hemlock, and the
17 Lysis|    contains them, equally with his son? Is not this rather the