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[489ξ] ἐάν τις ῥήματι ἁμάρτῃ, ἕρμαιον τοῦτο ποιούμενος; ἐμὲ γὰρ οἴει ἄλλο τι λέγειν τὸ κρείττους εἶναι ἢ τὸ βελτίους; οὐ πάλαι σοι λέγω ὅτι ταὐτόν φημι εἶναι τὸ βέλτιον καὶ τὸ κρεῖττον; ἢ οἴει με λέγειν, ἐὰν συρφετὸς συλλεγῇ δούλων καὶ παντοδαπῶν ἀνθρώπων μηδενὸς ἀξίων πλὴν ἴσως τῷ σώματι ἰσχυρίσασθαι, καὶ οὗτοι φῶσιν, αὐτὰ ταῦτα εἶναι νόμιμα;

Σωκράτης
εἶεν, ὦ σοφώτατε Καλλίκλεις: οὕτω λέγεις;

Καλλίκλης
πάνυ μὲν οὖν.


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

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    • Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias, 489e
    • Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias, 491a
    • Gonzalez Lodge, Commentary on Plato: Gorgias, 502e
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    • William Watson Goodwin, Syntax of the Moods and Tenses of the Greek Verb, Chapter II
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