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[449δ] εἶναι καὶ ποιῆσαι ἂν καὶ ἄλλον ῥήτορα: ἡ ῥητορικὴ περὶ τί τῶν ὄντων τυγχάνει οὖσα; ὥσπερ ἡ ὑφαντικὴ περὶ τὴν τῶν ἱματίων ἐργασίαν: ἦ γάρ;

Γοργίας
ναί.

Σωκράτης
οὐκοῦν καὶ ἡ μουσικὴ περὶ τὴν τῶν μελῶν ποίησιν;

Γοργίας
ναί.

Σωκράτης
νὴ τὴν Ἥραν, ὦ Γοργία, ἄγαμαί γε τὰς ἀποκρίσεις, ὅτι ἀποκρίνῃ ὡς οἷόν τε διὰ βραχυτάτων.

Γοργίας
πάνυ γὰρ οἶμαι, ὦ Σώκρατες, ἐπιεικῶς τοῦτο ποιεῖν.

Σωκράτης
εὖ λέγεις. ἴθι δή μοι ἀπόκριναι οὕτως καὶ περὶ τῆς ῥητορικῆς, περὶ τί τῶν ὄντων ἐστὶν ἐπιστήμη;


Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.

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    • Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias, 451d
    • Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias, 454b
    • Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias, 463d
    • Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias, 491a
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    • Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, The Article
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