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ἰδιωτεύειν: equiv. to μηδὲν ἐπαΐειν (327 c), μὴ μετέχειν (325a), the opposite of δημιουργὸν εἶναί τινος. Cf. 312 b.
εἰ μὴ κτἑ.: cf. 323 a.
ὁποῖός τις ἐδύνατο: sc. εἶναι, impf. by assimilation; cf. Gorg. 506 b ἡδέως ἂν Καλλικλεῖ τούτῳ ἔτι διελεγόμην, ἕως αὐτῷ τὴν τοῦ Ἀμφίονος ἀπέδωκα ῥῆσιν. See GMT. 66, 3; G. 239, 2; H. 919 b.
καὶ ἐπέπληττε: does not influence the construction, on account of the predominance of the idea of διδάσκειν, hence we read not τῷ αὐλοῦντι, but the acc. depending on ἐδίδασκε. Cf. Phaedo 94 d τὰ μὲν ἀπειλοῦσα τὰ δὲ νουθετοῦσα ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις, Gorg. 460 d μὴ τῷ διδάξαντι ἐγκαλεῖν μηδὲ ἐξελαύνειν ἐκ τῆς πόλεως ἀλλὰ τῷ ἀδικοῦντι we should not lay it to the charge of the instructor, nor banish him, but rather the wrong-doer. So οὐδ᾽ ἀποκρύπτεται below is outweighed by φθονεῖ. Cf. 335 e, 1. 53.
ἐφθόνει τούτου: cf. Menex. 238 a τούτου δὲ τοῦ καρποῦ οὐκ ἐφθόνησεν (sc. γῆ).
Hermann Sauppe. James A. Towle. Commentary on Plato: Protagoras. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1889.
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