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[466α] ἐγὼ σοῦ ἀποκρινομένου μὴ ἔχω ὅτι χρήσωμαι, ἀπότεινε καὶ σὺ λόγον, ἐὰν δὲ ἔχω, ἔα με χρῆσθαι: δίκαιον γάρ. καὶ νῦν ταύτῃ τῇ ἀποκρίσει εἴ τι ἔχεις χρῆσθαι, χρῶ.

Πῶλος
τί οὖν φῄς; κολακεία δοκεῖ σοι εἶναι ἡ ῥητορική;

Σωκράτης
κολακείας μὲν οὖν ἔγωγε εἶπον μόριον. ἀλλ᾽ οὐ μνημονεύεις τηλικοῦτος ὤν, ὦ Πῶλε; τί τάχα δράσεις;

Πῶλος
ἆρ᾽ οὖν δοκοῦσί σοι ὡς κόλακες ἐν ταῖς πόλεσι φαῦλοι νομίζεσθαι οἱ ἀγαθοὶ ῥήτορες;


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

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  • Commentary references to this page (4):
    • Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias, 458c
    • Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias, 463d
    • Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias, 469a
    • Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias, 505d
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    • Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 1.pos=2.2
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