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ὠγαθέ: is followed in the Mss.
by ἐκεῖσε ἴωμεν, but the Athenians used μήπω γε in replies, regularly omitting the repetition of the verb. Cf. Soph. Phil. 1410 στεῖχε προσκύσας χθόνα. | HER. μήπω γε, πρὶν ἂν τῶν ἡμετέρων | ἀίῃς μύθων, Ar. Nub. 195 ἀλλ᾽ εἴσιθ̓ . . . | μήπω γε, μήπω γ᾽ , ἀλλ̓ ἐπιμεινάντων, Plato Phaedr. 242 a κἀγὼ ἀπέρχομαι. PHAEDR. μήπω γε, ὦ Σώκρατες, πρὶν ἂν τὸ καῦμα παρέλθῃ, Aesch. Prom. 630 ἄκουε δή. CHO. μήπω γε.
ἐξαναστῶμεν εἰς τὴν αὐλήν: cf. l. 12, Phaedo 116 a ἐκεῖνος μὲν ἀνίστατο εἰς οἴκημά τι ὡς λουσόμενος, Xen. Symp. 9. 1 Ἀυτόλυκος δὲ ἐξανίστατο εἰς περίπατον. The prep. and connection imply the motion, ‘the going.’
θάρρει, καταληψόμεθα: cf. Menex. fin. θάρρει, οὐ κατερῶ, Xen. Cyr. vii. 3. 13 ἀλλὰ θάρρει, ἔφη, ὦ Κῦρε, οὐ μή σε κρύψω.—Protagoras's constant life within doors contrasts strongly with the habits of Socrates.
Hermann Sauppe. James A. Towle. Commentary on Plato: Protagoras. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1889.
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