Dialogue

 1 Euthyf|     others:—of the principle, I mean, that the impious, whoever
 2 Euthyf|     SOCRATES: I understand; you mean to say that I am not so
 3 Euthyf|   things.~EUTHYPHRO: How do you mean, Socrates?~SOCRATES: I mean
 4 Euthyf|     mean, Socrates?~SOCRATES: I mean to say that the holy has
 5 Euthyf| Socrates, how to express what I mean. For somehow or other our
 6 Euthyf|        understanding me. What I mean I may explain by an illustration
 7 Euthyf|   illustration of what I do not mean. The poet (Stasinus) sings—~‘
 8 Euthyf|       sort of attention which I mean.~SOCRATES: Good: but I must
 9 Euthyf|       and what is piety? Do you mean that they are a sort of
10 Euthyf|     service to the gods? Do you mean that we prefer requests