Dialogue

 1 Euthyf|      accused. An incident which may perhaps really have occurred
 2 Euthyf|        that this dislike of his may be the reason why he is
 3 Euthyf| charging a father with murder,’ may be a single instance of
 4 Euthyf|       is not dear to them.’ But may there not be differences
 5 Euthyf|    quarrels. And therefore what may be dear to one god may not
 6 Euthyf|     what may be dear to one god may not be dear to another,
 7 Euthyf|    another, and the same action may be both pious and impious;
 8 Euthyf|         your father, Euthyphro, may be dear or pleasing to Zeus (
 9 Euthyf|        what is hated by one god may be liked by another? Waiving
10 Euthyf|        to apprehend an argument may be compared to a similar
11 Euthyf|        light of a duty, whoever may be the criminal.~Thus begins
12 Euthyf|    other they are angry:’ which may be said to be the rule of
13 Euthyf|         of Pitthis. Perhaps you may remember his appearance;
14 Euthyf|       EUTHYPHRO: I hope that he may; but I rather fear, Socrates,
15 Euthyf|     much consequence. For a man may be thought wise; but the
16 Euthyf|       afraid that the Athenians may think me too talkative.
17 Euthyf|         court; but perhaps they may be in earnest, and then
18 Euthyf|         not afraid lest you too may be doing an impious thing
19 Euthyf|        or mother, or whoever he may be—that makes no difference;
20 Euthyf|         the impious, whoever he may be, ought not to go unpunished.
21 Euthyf|         am concerned.~SOCRATES: May not this be the reason,
22 Euthyf|       the poets say, and as you may see represented in the works
23 Euthyf|      have a standard to which I may look, and by which I may
24 Euthyf|        may look, and by which I may measure actions, whether
25 Euthyf|      chastising your father you may very likely be doing what
26 Euthyf| unacceptable to Here, and there may be other gods who have similar
27 Euthyf|       granting that this action may be hateful to the gods,
28 Euthyf| understanding me. What I mean I may explain by an illustration
29 Euthyf|         just; and whether there may not be justice where there
30 Euthyf|       piety or holiness, that I may be able to tell Meletus
31 Euthyf|         the case of horses, you may observe that when attended
32 Euthyf|         an expression which you may use, if you like.~SOCRATES: