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καὶ γὰρ ἐπιθυμῶ: implies a doubt whether Socrates can really advance anything in support of his view. On the following answers of Polus, see Introd. § 14.
ὥσπερ κτἑ.: as an actual fact, the discussion has been concerning the question whether ἀδικεῖν or ἀδικεῖ- σθαι were the greater evil, since the middle of ch. XXIV.
τί δὲ δή; how so, then?—The predicate is thrown forward in the following clause, because the chief weight of the contrast falls upon it.
οὐκοῦν κτἑ.: the καλόν is here the species under which the ἀγαθόν and the ἡδύ are subordinated.
ὡς ἔοικας: logically, in such cases as this, an inf. is to be supplied; but it is doubtful if any such ellipses were felt by the Greeks.— καλόν τε καὶ ἀγαθόν,—κακὸν καὶ αἰσχρόν: ‘chiasmus.’
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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