This text includes: A complete close translation. Abundant notes on the text to aid modern students in understanding. Appendixes: Speeches from Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian Wars – The only literal translations of several key speeches that reflect themes of Plato's Gorgias Rules of Socratic Dialectic Derivable from the Gorgias – derived from the arguments of the Gorgias Mythos and Logos – Plato's use of these terms Glossary that is thorough and informative of many key words and concepts. A complete bibliography and index.