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that it was two or three years earlier. But the dialogue contains an indication, though an uncertain one, of its date. Namely, it opens with the remark that the Theaetetus who gives it its name (a person otherwise unknown), has just been brough home from the camp at Corinth, wounded and sick, and about to die, and that his conduct in the battle had been highly praised. It is tolerably evident that he was a particular friend of Plato's. Now Plato himself is said to have served in the army in the battle of Corinth, although on a pretty weak authority. It so happens, however, that [stylometry?] shows that his own dialogue on courage, The Laches, was probably written in, or very near, the year of the great battle of Corinth in 394 B.C.; so it is probably true that Plato was in that battle. Perhaps [this?] Theaetetus was wounded by Plato's side, at that time. It happens, however, that that there was another battle of Corinth in [368?] B.C. Now, since it is certain that the Theaetetus was written not far from that time, perhaps this is sufficient to show that its date was 368 or 369 B.C. This would