Euclid and Terpsion meet in front of Euclid’s house in Megara; they enter the house, and the dialogue is read to them by a servant.
Euclid
Have you only just arrived from the country, Terpsion?
Terpsion
No, I came some time ago: and I have been in the Agora looking for you, and wondering that I could not find you.
Euclid
But I was not in the city.
Terpsion
Where then?
Euclid
As I was going down to the harbour, I met Theaetetus—he was being carried up to Athens from the army at Corinth.
Terpsion
Was he alive or dead?
Euclid
He was scarcely alive, for he has been badly wounded; but he was suffering even more from the sickness which has broken out in the army.
Terpsion
The dysentery, you mean?
Euclid
Yes.
Terpsion
Alas! what a loss he will be!
Euclid
Yes, Terpsion, he is a noble fellow; only today I heard some people highly praising his behaviour in this very battle.
Terpsion
No wonder; I should rather be surprised at hearing anything else of him. But why did he go on, instead of stopping at Megara?
Euclid
