teacher of rhetoric, wants to be paid if he wins the argument

polite younger gentleman, son of Cephalus

interrogates all the other characters

believes justice is telling the truth and giving back what has been entrusted to you

believes justice is helping your friends and harming your enemies

claims he doesn't know what justice is

believes justice is "the advantage of the stronger"

bases his definition on the authority of the poets

bases his definition on his own authority

bases his definition on the authority of the gods/religion

uses his questions to bring the discussion to an impasse

Socrates points out to ___ that telling the truth and returning what's been entrusted could sometimes harm a friend.

Socrates points out to ___ that a wise and good person never deliberately does harm, not even to an enemy, since harming means making someone worse that (s)he already is.

Socrates uses a rhetorical trick to get ___ to contradict himself so that he concedes the argument out of embarrassment.