How long does it take to read Lysis?
Lysis by Plato takes about 1 hour 19 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Platonic dialogue
About 1 hour 19 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1548. 72 pages, about 19,800 words.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 19 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 25 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Friendship, Plato, Criticism and interpretation
