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29 f. Of the three companions of Callicles we know but little. Tisander is mentioned only here. Andron appears in Prot. 315 c as a defender of Hippias. Nausicydes had, according to Xen. Mem. ii. 7. 6, acquired wealth from his business of ἀλφιτοποιία. The deme Cholargus belonged to the tribe Acamantis, Aphidnae to Aiantis.
μέχρι ὅποι: the only instance in Plato of μέχρι with an adverb. Cf. Xen. Hell. iv. 7. 5 μέχρι ποῖ.
ἐνίκα: has a somewhat comic effect, inasmuch as it brings before the mind the image of an earnest and thorough deliberation engaged in by some public body (i.e. the senate), followed by the putting of the question. These young men, however, judge philosophy without understanding it.προθυμεῖσθαι: epexegetic inf. to τοιάδε τις δόξα.
33 f. εἰς τὴν ἀκρίβειαν: recalls the τὰ μικρὰ ταῦτα above. This cautious decision contrasts remarkably with the ἐλεύθερον and νεανικόν which Callicles defends in 485 c, d.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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