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ἀλλὰ τί ἂν λέγοις: what would one have to say? “One need not waste words over such people.” Callicles, although at bottom himself a sophist, affects to despise the class in accordance with Gorgias' view concerning them. See Introd. § 8, especially note 22.
ὅταν τύχωσιν: has here much the force of “occasionally.” See on 518 c.
ταὐτόν: emphatic asyndeton, which as an answer to the question immediately preceding has the effect of a negation.
ἢ ἐγγὺς κτἑ.: on the use of the adverb, see Kr. 62, 2, 4. τὶ goes with it as τὶς with the adj., “pretty nearly.” See on 491 c.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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