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ὡς ἔχει ποδῶν: i.e. to the full extent of his power, a phrase whose origin can be readily seen. Cf. Hdt. vi. 116 οὗτοι μὲν δὴ περιέπλεον Σούνιον. Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ ὡς ποδῶν εἶχον τάχιστα ἐβοήθεον ἐς τὸ ἄστυ καὶ ἔφθησαν ἀπικόμενοι πρὶν ἢ τοὺς βαρβάρους ἥκειν, and Thuc. ii. 90. 4 Πελοποννήσιοι . . . ἔπλεον ὡς εἶχε τάχους ἕκαστος ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἀθηναίους. On the use of the gen. with such adverbs as ὡς, ἄριστα, and ἱκανῶς, and ἔχειν, see G. 168, 3; H. 757 a.
παρασκευαστέον: in a middle sense, as is frequently the case with verbals, but only when used impersonally.
ἢ ἰδιώτης ἢ πόλις: disjunctive apposition to ἄλλος τις τῶν οἰκείων. Contrasted with πόλις, ἰδιώτης denotes the individual; with ἄρχων, the common man who holds no office; with δημιουργός and similar words, one who is not versed in a certain thing.— ἐπιθετέον δίκην: Socrates deduces from the principles proven exactly the conclusions which, in his argument with Polus, had so offended Callicles. Cf. 480, 481.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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