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25 f. Τάνταλον, Σίσυφον, Τιτυόν: cf. Hom. λ 576-600. All three were rulers: Tantalus, the founder of the house of the Pelopidae, was king in Sipylus; Sisyphus, in Corinth; Tityus, in Euboea. Thersites was a bad and despicable man, but his sphere of action was limited and he experienced rough treatment even during his lifetime; B 211-277.
ἐξῆν: sc. τὰ μέγιστα καὶ ἀνοσιώτατα ἁμαρτήματα ἁμαρτάνειν. This was the reason why Thersites was not held to be ἀνίατος.
εὐδαιμονέστερος: Socrates here expresses himself with less exactness than in 473 c.ἀλλὰ γάρ: for, you see. The clause thus introduced serves a two-fold purpose. It expresses more plainly and definitely what had already been implied above, and it paves the way, by the words καὶ οἱ σφόδρα πονηροί, for the new thought which begins with οὐδὲ μήν.
καί: “also.” Is closely connected with τῶν δυναμένων.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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