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51. τοῦ δὴ ἕνεκα ταῦτα λέγω; Plato frequently enlivens his
style by such self-interrogations: Sauppe quotes (inter alia）
Gorg. 457E τοῦ δὴ ἕνεκα λέγω ταῦτα; Apol. 40B τί οὖν αἴτιον εἶναι
ὑπολαμβάνω;
τῶν παλαιῶν τῆς φιλοσοφίας. τῶν παλαιῶν in this emphatic place suggests the contrast with Protagoras and the
νεώτεροι whose τρόπος is μακρολογία.
53. καὶ δὴ καί marks the application to the present case: cf.
Apol. 18A ὥσπερ οὖν ἂν κτλ.—καὶ δὴ καὶ νῦν.
Plato. Protagoras. J. Adam & A. M. Adam. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1893.
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