Part of a tetralogy: Euthyphro-Apology of Socrates-Crito-Phaedo A self perclaimed prophet says he know’s what piety is
Perfect example of Elenchus and Socratic irony
Socrates is on his way to the hall of King Archon to hear charges of impiety → Courrupting young people.📖 Euthyphro says it’s because of Socrates divine sign Daimonion📖.
Euthyphro is prosecuting
- his father for the murder of a servant, who killed a household slave while drunk
- his father threw him in a ditch where he died, before the messager for a priest could come back, who would know what to do → very controversial
Socrates makes fun of Euthyphro, for thinking to know everything about Piety, offers to become his student → The definitions he gives are the central argument: