Opening Euthyphro — Plato in Plato Scroll…
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Plato · David Horan
What ever is going on, Socrates? You have left your usual haunt in the Lyceum and you are now spending time here at the Royal Stoa. Surely you too do not have a suit before the Royal Archon, as I do. Well, Athenians, Euthyphro, do not call it a suit, but a prosecution. What are you saying? Then someone is prosecuting you it seems, for I shall not accuse you of prosecuting someone else. Of course not. Is someone prosecuting you then? Yes, indeed. Who is he? I hardly even know the man myself, Euthyphro. Apparently he is someone young and unknown. Anyway, his name, I believe, is Meletus. He belongs to the deme of Pittheus, if you can think of a Meletus from Pittheus with straight hair, not much of a beard, and a hook nose. I cannot think of anyone, Socrates. But tell me, what charge has he brought against you? What charge? Well, it is no ordinary charge, in my opinion anyway. Indeed, it is …
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