22. ὡς ὁ ἀντιλέγων—οὕτω διελεγόμην. Asyndeton is
frequent in such sentences: cf. Rep. II. 359B (cited by Heindorf)
εἰ τοιόνδε ποιήσαιμεν τῇ διανοίᾳ, δόντες ἐξουσίαν—εἶτ᾽ ἐπακολουθήσαιμεν κτλ. See on 311E
24. ἐγένετο Πρωταγόρου ὄνομα. With ἐγένετο ὄνομα (for
which Kroschel reads ἐλέγετο ὄνομα) cf. Apol. 20D τί ποτ᾽ ἔστιν
τοῦτο ὃ ἐμοὶ πεποίηκε τό τε ὄνομα καὶ τὴν διαβολήν: γίγνεσθαι is the
usual passive to ποιεῖν. With the sentence generally cf. Euthyphr.
4E-5A, where Euthyphro says οὐδὲν γὰρ ἄν μου ὄφελος εἴη, ὦ
Σώκπατες, οὐδέ τῳ ἂν διαφέποι Εὐθύφπων τῶν ρολλῶν ἀνθπώρων, εἰ
μὴ κτλ.: see note in loc. for more parallels.
25. οὐκ ἤρεσεν—καὶ—οὐκ ἐθελήσοι. The combination of
indicative and optative in the same sentence in indirect speech
is fairly common: Goodwin, M.T. p. 261, § 670.
Plato. Protagoras. J. Adam & A. M. Adam. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1893.
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