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καί: but little different from καί τοι (and yet) in rejoinders, espepecially to statements made by the speaker. Cf. Apol. 29 b καὶ τοῦτο πῶς οὐκ ἀμαθία ἐστίν; Dem. vi. 16 κᾳὶ τίς ἂν ταῦτα πιστεύσειεν;
ἀνθρώπους ἀγαθοὺς κτἑ.: sc. as one must assume, according to the statement of the sophists. The addition of ἐξαιρεθέντας ἀδικίαν . . . ἀδικεῖν τούτῳ (just here lies the ἀδικία) ὃ οὐκ ἔχουσιν serves to bring out very strongly the want of consistency in the theory.
σχόντας: after they had gotten. See on 503 e. Cf. Apol. 19 a, Soph. E. 1256 “μόλις γὰρ ἔσχον νῦν ἐλεύθερον στόμα”.
ὡς ἀληθῶς δημηγορεῖν: here denotes the delivery of a long, connected discourse as opposed to dialectic investigation. It is also a reply to Callicles' accusation in 482 c ὡς ἀληθῶς δημηγόρος ὤν.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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