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‘ [311ξ] μισθὸν ὡς τίνι ὄντι;’ τί ἂν ἀπεκρίνω;

εἶπον ἄν, ἔφη, ὅτι ὡς ἰατρῷ.

‘ὡς τίς γενησόμενος;’

ὡς ἰατρός, ἔφη.

εἰ δὲ παρὰ Πολύκλειτον τὸν Ἀργεῖον ἢ Φειδίαν τὸν Ἀθηναῖον ἐπενόεις ἀφικόμενος μισθὸν ὑπὲρ σαυτοῦ τελεῖν ἐκείνοις, εἴ τίς σε ἤρετο: ‘τελεῖν τοῦτο τὸ ἀργύριον ὡς τίνι ὄντι ἐν νῷ ἔχεις Πολυκλείτῳ τε καὶ Φειδίᾳ;’ τί ἂν ἀπεκρίνω;

εἶπον ἂν ὡς ἀγαλματοποιοῖς.

‘ὡς τίς δὲ γενησόμενος αὐτός;’

δῆλον ὅτι ἀγαλματοποιός.

εἶεν, ἦν δ᾽ ἐγώ:


Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.

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    • J. Adam, A. M. Adam, Commentary on Plato, Protagoras, CHAPTER IV
    • J. Adam, A. M. Adam, Commentary on Plato, Protagoras, CHAPTER XXXVII
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    • William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb, Chapter IV
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