Euthyphro's The Trial And Death Of Socrates

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Euthyphro’s part on “The Trial and Death of Socrates” starts when Euthyphro talks to Socrates. Euthyphro asks Socrates why he left the Lyceum (the Lyceum was an outdoor gymnasium outside of the walls of Athens) and why he is spending time in one of the nine principal magistrates of Athens also known as “King-Archon”.
Before Socrates answers, Euthyphro adds that he probably is not there for the same reason as him. Socrates starts telling about Athenian’s thoughts and how they didn’t call the reason he was there a prosecution but an indictment. Euthyphro wanted to know what happened and what the reason Socrates was in a magistrate.
Socrates explains what happened and confirms that he has been indicted apparently by young and unknown man. People …show more content…
Euthyphro thinks it's ridiculous Socrates thinks that way, what is the difference if the victim was a stranger or a relation. The only thing they had to make sure was if the killer acted justly or not. If the killer acted justly, you can let him go, but if not, you have to prosecute the killer.
Euthyphro shares other characteristics of the victim, the victim was his slave. His father killed the slave in drunken anger; he bound him hand and foot and threw him into a ditch, then sent a man to inquire from the priest what should be done. He gave no thought to the bound man.
His dad and his other mutual are angry at him for prosecuting his own father, for them, the slave didn’t count and didn’t deserve a thought. All his relatives agreed that it’s impious for a son to prosecute his father for murder. But Euthyphro added that their ideas of the divine attitude to piety and impiety are wrong. Socrates heard this and wanted to know what was the definition of piety and impiety, so it could help him to defend himself in the
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