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37 f. τὴν τοῦ διαχειρίζειν: notice the epexegetic gen. See on 521 a.
ἃ . . . ἐπιτρέπῃ: sc. power or property, or whatever it be. Plato is probably thinking of Aristides' position as general of the confederate army during the war against the Persians and as one of the founders of the Delian league, by which especially he gained his reputation for probity. Cf. Plut. Arist. especially ch. XXIII.-XXV. The καί before εἰς has almost the force of “and that, too.”
LXXXII. ὅπερ οὖν ἔλεγον: goes back to 524 e.
οὔθ᾽ ὅστις κτἑ.: sc. as was the case in life, when the name of the man was followed by the name of his father to indicate his family.
ἐπισημηνάμενος: in accordance with the results of his scrutiny, the judge puts upon him a mark and thus decides his fate. Cf. Rep. x. 614 c σημεῖα περιάψαντας τῶν δεδικασμένων, —also of the judges of the dead.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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