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δύναμιν ἢ βούλησιν: what has been determined in 466 d regarding δύνασθαι and βούλεσθαι still holds good, but is expanded in what follows.
ἀδικήσεται: the fut. middle as a passive occurs more commonly with pure verbs. See Kr. 39, 11; H. 496.
δῆλον δὴ κτἑ.: the form of the answer shows very willing agreement, which applies, however, only to this particular point.
τί δὲ δὴ τοῦ κτἑ.: cf. Phaedo 78 d τί δὲ τῶν πολλῶν καλῶν, οἷον ἀνθρώπων ἢ ἵππων . . .; ἆρα κατὰ ταὐτὰ ἔχει κτἑ. It is not necessary to supply περί or some other word; when put thus freely at the beginning of the sentence, the genitive is held up to view and the case lost sight of. See Rid. § 27. The acc. also is occasionally thus ‘freely’ used. Cf. Lyc. 28 καὶ ταῦτα ἐμοῦ θεωρήσατε, ὡς δικαίαν τὴν ἐξέτασιν ποιουμένου περὶ τούτων.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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