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βούλομαι γὰρ κτἑ.: with these words Gorgias expresses his approbation of Callicles' opinion that a respondent is not necessary. The chestnuts are good,—but just as good without the intervention of the cat. Hence γάρ to give a reason for the continuance of the discussion, καὶ αὐτός to show his agreement with Callicles, and αὐτοῦ to exclude the idea of co-operation. The following καὶ αὐτός in the answer of Socrates corresponds to the similar expression of Gorgias.
26 f. Ἀμφίονος: Socrates answers with a pleasant allusion to 485 e. He will really assume the character of Amphion, which had been imputed to him, and as Amphion had in the plays of Euripides defended his calling, so will he prove that the claim of philosophy to be followed as a calling in life is a just and weighty one.
ἀπέδωκα: the indic. is due to assimilation with the preceding indic. with ἄν of the unfulfilled condition.
28 f. ἀλλ᾽ οὖν . . . ἐπιλαμβάνου: see on 496 d and a above.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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