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ἀναγκάζεις: sc. to agreement by convincing reasons; often followed by ὁμολογεῖν, but without it in Theaet. 196 b τούτῳ αὐτῷ ἠναγκάζομεν μὴ εἶναι ψευδῆ δόξαν.
27 f. ἐκβάλλειν ἐκ τῆς οὐσίας καὶ τοῦ ἀληθοῦς: this is ambiguous, for οὐσία can denote property, material possessions as well as physical existence. Accordingly Polus appears here in the investigation as a tyrant, who drives others from house and home. But it is this same power which the orator wishes to obtain (before a court) by his speech.
28 f. σὲ αὐτὸν . . . μάρτυρα: the dialectical proof is a course of logic, a process of reasoning, which Socrates carries through, with the help of his adversary, by question and answer. Hence by his enforced agreement a man becomes a witness against himself.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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