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LXXXIII. ὥσπερ γραός: cf. the proverb ὁ λεγόμενος γραῶν ὕθλος Theaet. 176 b. So also in Latin, German, and English. Cf. Hor. Sat. ii. 6. 77 “Cervius haec inter vicinus garrit anilis | ex re fabellas.”
ἀληθέστερα: of course in comparison with other views which can show less claim to truth. Cf. 493 d. Grades of truth are conceivable as steps in that approximation to the perfect truth which abides with God. This approximation is nothing more or less than knowledge, which has the stronger claim to be considered truth the better foundation it has.
σοφώτατοί ἐστε: such (ironi cal) flattery was submitted to by the Sophists the more easily since modesty did not prevent them from applying this epithet to themselves. Cf. Prot. 337 d, where Hippias says ἡμᾶς οὖν αἰσχρὸν τὴν μὲν φύσιν τῶν πραγμάτων εἰδέναι, σοφωτάτους δὲ ὄντας τῶν Ἑλλήνων κτἑ.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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