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δεσπότην καὶ θεῖον: denotes two kinds of moral obligation to which Archelaus paid no attention; ξενίσας adds a third, the violation of which was considered among Greeks the worst of crimes, a sin against Ζεὺς ξένιος. Cf. Hom. N 624, Xen. An. iii. 2. 4. The heaping up of the words καταμεθύσας, ἐμβαλών (like a thing), ἐξαγαγών, ἀπέσφαξεν, ἠφάνισεν makes the impression of the repeated acts of violence very vivid.
τὸν ἀδελφόν: is emphasized by its position in advance of its governing verb (partic.).
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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