Plato 428? BCE-348? BCE creator Jowett, Benjamin 1817-1893 text utu 1999 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Euthyphro" by Plato is a philosophical dialogue written around 399 BC. Set outside an Athenian court, it follows Socrates as he awaits trial for impiety. He encounters Euthyphro, a confident prophet prosecuting his own father for murder. Socrates asks Euthyphro to define piety, sparking a rigorous examination that produces increasingly refined definitions—yet none prove satisfactory. Their discussion culminates in a famous dilemma about the gods' relationship to goodness, launching a debate that continues millennia later. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthyphro Release date is 1999-02-01 Produced by Sue Asscher, and David Widger Original publication data not identified Classical literature Piety -- Early works to 1800 Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC Philosophy, Ancient B PA Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1642 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1642 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133047.0 1642