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οὐκ ἀγεννῶς: like γενναίως 475 d, 521 a, transferred from its original application to the free independent conduct proper for a man of noble birth; hence equiv. to “spirited,” “brave.”ἐπεξέρχει: an image from war. Cf. ἐπιχειρῶμεν 495 c.
τῷ λόγῳ: refers to the view just stated, the position defended. Cf. Prot. 345 d, where Socrates says of Simonides δἰ ὅλου τοῦ ᾁσματος ἐπεξέρχεται τῷ τοῦ Πιττακοῦ ῥήματι. We may, however, consider ἐπεξέρχει as used absolutely and τῷ λόγῳ as dat. of accompaniment.
εἰ μέλλει τις (sc. τοιοῦτος εἶναι) οἷον δεῖ (αὐτὸν sc. τὸν ἄνθρωπον) εἶναι: the absence of the inf. after ἐῶντα is strange; cf. 491 e above.
7 f. ἁμόθεν γέ ποθεν: Socrates wishes to settle beyond all cavil that Callicles sanctions the employment of all means, without limitation and in the broadest sense, to satisfy his desires. As ἑτοιμάζειν is in the same construction with κολαστέον, we must conceive an idea of obligation connected with it. Cf. Crito 51 c ποιητέον . . . ἢ πείθειν.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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