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34. ἢ πρὸς ἄλλο τι. It is not of course implied that ὑγίεια is
an ἔργον σώματος, i.e. something ὃ σῶμα ἐργάζεται. Examples of
σώματος ἔργα would be different kinds of bodily labour. ἢ πρὸς
ὑγίειαν κτλ. is equivalent to πῶς ἔχει ἢ πρὸς ὑγίειαν κτλ.: cf. below
352Bπῶς ἔχεις πρὸς ἐπιστήμην;
35. τὸ πρόσωπον καὶ τὰς χεῖρας ἄκρας: the rest being
covered by clothes. χείρ is not hand here (otherwise χεῖρας
ἄκρας would be the tips of the fingers), but the arm, as in
Homer's φίλας περὶ χεῖρε βαλόντε (Od. XI. 211).
37. ἐπισκέψωμαι. The word is apt here, as it is often used
of a medical inspection: cf. Phaedo, 117E ἐπεσκόπει τοὺς πόδας
καὶ τὰ σκέλη. With the whole passage cf. Theaet. 162A ἆρα κἂν
εἰς Λακεδαίμονα ἐλθὼν—πρὸς τὰς παλαίστρας ἀξιοῖς ἂν ἄλλους θεώμενος γυμνούς, ἐνίους φαύλους, αὐτὸς μὴ ἀντεπιδεικνύναι τὸ εἶδος παραποδυόμενος;
39. θεασάμενος: with the usual asyndeton; see on 330A
Plato. Protagoras. J. Adam & A. M. Adam. Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 1893.
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