I was going from the Academy straight to the Lyceum intending to take the outer road which is close under the wall. When I came to the postern gate of the city which is by the fountain of Panops I fell in with Hippothales the son of Hieronymus and Ctesippus the Paeanian and a company of young men who were standing with them. Hippothales seeing me approach asked whence I came and whither I was going. I am going I replied from the Academy straight to the Lyceum. Then come straight to us he said and put in here you may as well. Who are you I said and where am I to come? He showed me an enclosed space and an open door over against the wall. And there he said is the building at which we all meet and a goodly company we are. And what is this building I asked and what sort of entertainment have you? The building he replied is a newly erected Palaestra and the entertainment is generally conversation to which you are welcome.
