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τί: depends upon τῶν σοφῶν.
τὰ τί σοφά; i.e. the knowledge relating to what? in the next line the thought is completed, τὰ προ^ς τὴν ἀπεργασίαν τὴν τῶν εἰκόνων that which relates to the portrayal of forms.
καὶ τἆλλα οὕτως: sc. εἴποιμεν ἄν. So freq. with καὶ τἆλλα a verb is to be supplied from the context, i.e. 319b καὶ τἆλλα πάντα οὕτως sc. ποιοῦντας, Symp. 176a καὶ τἆλλα τὰ νομιζόμενα sc. ποιήσαντας, Gorg. 509 c δευτέραν δὲ τὴν τοῦ δευτέρου κακοῦ (sc. βοήθειαν) καὶ τρίτην τὴν τοῦ τρίτου, καὶ τἆλλα οὕτως (sc. ἔχειν).
ἐστί: sc. ἐπιστήμων from the previous context.
ἐπιστάτης: here equiv. to ἐπιστήμων, as comes out clearly in Crito 47 b τῷ ἐπιστάτῃ καὶ ἐπαΐοντι.— τί... λανγ̂γρεεκ>ἤ: equiv. to τί ἄλλο . . . ἤ.
At first Hippocrates replied confidently (ἐγὼ μὲν κτἑ.), now, with less assurance, he yet gives a somewhat fitting answer (ἢ . . . λέγειν); finally, however, he has no longer any reply to urge. For οὐκέτι, cf. 321 d, Phaedo 100 d οὐ γὰρ ἔτι τοῦτο διισχυρίζομαι.
Hermann Sauppe. James A. Towle. Commentary on Plato: Protagoras. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1889.
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