Euthyphro
by Plato
Reading #26 ("Memorabilia 2", 2025)
Abstract
On his way to answer a summons at the court, Socrates encounters Euthyphro who is also there to bring charges against his father for the wrongful killing of a slave. Their dialogue centers around the question of what is pious.Bibliographic Data
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| authors | Plato |
| literary form | dialogue |
| genres | Socratic dialogue |
| subjects | philosophy, theology, ethics, justice, rhetoric |
| period | Classical Greece, 5th c. BCE, 4th c. BCE |
| language | Ancient Greek, Attic Greek |
| same as | wikidata | wikipedia |
| keywords & tags | none |
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