32. κακόν, ἔφη. Prodicus enters into the spirit of the joke:
in view of C and D it would be absurd to take this seriously: see
note on ἀλλὰ παίζειν in D below.
37. τὰ ὀνόματα—ὀρθῶς διαιρεῖν: cf. above, 340Aand
below, 358Aτὴν δὲ Προδίκου τοῦδε διαίρεσιν τῶν ὀνομάτων
παραιτοῦμαι. Prodicus pretends to regard Simonides (cf. 341 A)
as a teacher like himself of ὀνομάτων διαίρεσις.
38. ἅτε Λέσβιος ὤν: had he been Κεῖος, he would have
learnt ὀνομάτων διαίρεσις forsooth in its natural home.
39. ἐν φωνῇ βαρβάρῳ: a malicious exaggeration inspired
by the odium philologicum.
Plato. Protagoras. J. Adam & A. M. Adam. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1893.
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