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ἡκέτην . . . ἀναστήσαντες: cf. Euthyd. 273 a εἰσελθόντες δὲ περιεπατείτην, d ἐγελασάτην οὖν ἄμφω, βλέψαντες εἰς ἀλλήλους. So often in Plato. Also Ar. Plut. 429 οὐ γὰρ δεινότατα δεδράκατον ζητοῦντες κτἑ.
ἂν λέγοις: for the potential opt. used in a mild command, see G. 226, 2, N. 1; H. 872 d. Here there is a polite invitation. Cf. Soph. Phil. 674 χωροῖς ἂν εἴσω, El. 637 κλύοις ἂν ἤδη, Φοῖβε προστατήριε.
4 f. Socrates does not mention again the family of Hippocrates, and the specific expectation of the latter in resorting to Protagoras (ἐλλόγιμος γενέσθαι ἐν τῇ πόλει).
Hermann Sauppe. James A. Towle. Commentary on Plato: Protagoras. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1889.
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