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30 f. ὅπως μὴ ἁλώσει: an ironical allusion to Callicles' reproaches of Gorgias and Polus in 482 e.
μὴ φθόνει: a formula for entreaty and urging, still more frequent in the form μὴ φθονήσῃς. Regularly μή with pres. imv. prescribes a neg. course of action, with an aor. subjv. negatives a course of action. Socrates wishes at the outset to obviate any tendency to a refusal to answer, or hesitancy.
Καλλίκλεις: the omission of the ὦ is unusual.
βεβαιοῦσθαι: to become strengthened in one's opinion. It is used with παρά to designate the quarter from which the influence comes; direct agency would require ὑπό.— ἱκανοῦ διαγνῶναι: competent to decide, with reference to 487 e.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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