Plato, Gorgias, section 449b

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Σωκράτης
ἆρ᾽ οὖν ἐθελήσαις ἄν, ὦ Γοργία, ὥσπερ νῦν διαλεγόμεθα, διατελέσαι τὸ μὲν ἐρωτῶν, τὸ δ᾽ ἀποκρινόμενος, τὸ δὲ μῆκος τῶν λόγων τοῦτο, οἷον καὶ πῶλος ἤρξατο, εἰς αὖθις ἀποθέσθαι; ἀλλ᾽ ὅπερ ὑπισχνῇ, μὴ ψεύσῃ, ἀλλὰ ἐθέλησον κατὰ βραχὺ τὸ ἐρωτώμενον ἀποκρίνεσθαι.

Γοργίας
εἰσὶ μέν, ὦ Σώκρατες, ἔνιαι τῶν ἀποκρίσεων ἀναγκαῖαι διὰ μακρῶν τοὺς λόγους ποιεῖσθαι: οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ

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

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Commentary references to this page (2):
- Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias, 448d
- J. Adam, A. M. Adam, Commentary on Plato, Protagoras, CHAPTER XXIV
Cross-references to this page (1):
- Basil L. Gildersleeve, Syntax of Classical Greek, Copula
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (6):
- LSJ, ἀναγκ-αῖος
- LSJ, ἀποτίθημι
- LSJ, διά
- LSJ, μακρός
- LSJ, οὐ μὴν ἀλλά,
- LSJ, οὐκοῦν

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