Terpsion (Greek: Τερψίων; 5th-4th century BCE) of Megara, was one of the disciples of Socrates.[1] According to Plato, he was present at the death of Socrates.[2] He appears in the prologue of Plato's Theaetetus as a friend of Euclid of Megara.[3] Plutarch also refers to him.[4]
Athenaeus mentions a Terpsion as the first author of a Gastronomy,[5] giving advice as to the food from which it was advisable to abstain. A proverb of his is recorded: "eat now a tortoise's flesh or leave it alone", of which Athenaeus preserves more than one reading.[6]