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22 f. σύ . . . δίδασκε: Socrates turns now again to Callicles and tries to draw him into the conversation, be cause the argument has now been brought just to the point where Callicles broke it off before.
λέγε: go on with your exposition. This answer is a refusal to cooperate and at the same time a neg. answer to εἰ ἔχεις.
25 ff. The idea of σωφροσύνη is defined in the most general way by the expression τὰ προσήκοντα πράττειν. We attain to the idea of righteousness and piety by restricting the προσήκοντα to definite domains, according to the personages (men and gods) towards whom we have duties to perform. We attain to the idea of bravery by distinguishing between especial divisions of the idea πράττειν. Accordingly, we have on the one side διώκειν καὶ φεύγειν, on the other ὑπομένοντα καρτερεῖν.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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