Dialogue

 1  Gorg|         understand the meaning of Archelaus being miserable, or of rhetoric
 2  Gorg|        the ‘recent’ usurpation of Archelaus, which occurred in the year
 3  Gorg|        happy enough. He instances Archelaus, son of Perdiccas, the usurper
 4  Gorg|    condition. Polus explains that Archelaus was a slave, being the son
 5  Gorg|            after his manner, that Archelaus cannot be a wicked man and
 6  Gorg|         the incurable are such as Archelaus, who benefit others by becoming
 7  Gorg|          does he mean to say that Archelaus is tormented by the stings
 8  Gorg|       incurable criminals such as Archelaus; the retaliation of the
 9  Gorg|          You see, I presume, that Archelaus the son of Perdiccas is
10  Gorg|           your doctrine, the said Archelaus is miserable?~SOCRATES:
11  Gorg|       right the kingdom belonged; Archelaus, however, had no mind to
12  Gorg|         any other Macedonian than Archelaus!~SOCRATES: I praised you
13  Gorg|      happy, seeing that you think Archelaus unjust, and yet happy? May
14  Gorg|          has been accomplished by Archelaus and other tyrants and rhetoricians
15  Gorg|    dispute, my friend? You deemed Archelaus happy, because he was a
16  Gorg| confidently affirm, will be found Archelaus, if Polus truly reports