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ἔγραφε: were a painter.
οὐ δῆτα (sc. οὐ πείθει) ἀλλὰ κτἑ.: chiastic with the question preceding. The affirmative of the first member of the question is made much more emphatic by the previous express denial of the second member, which must therefore itself be emphatically uttered. Usually the answer does not follow so closely the words of the question; cf. below, 501 c, and Parm. 128 a οὕτω λέγεις ἢ ἐγὼ οὐκ ὀρθῶς καταμανθάνω; Οὔκ, ἀλλὰ καλῶς συνῆκας ὅλον τὸ γραμμα ὃ βούλεται. Different, however, are 454 a, b, and 496 d, below. Cf. Rid. § 305.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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