EUTHYPHRO [on ON HOLINESS, A TENTATIVE DIALOGUE CHARACTERS EOTHYPHRO, SOcRATES EUTHYPHRo. What strange thing has tes,that you have left your accustom e Lyceum and are now haunting where the king archon sits? For it cann 8OCRATEs. Our Athenians, Euthyphro, do not call it an action but an indictment. EUTHVPHRO. What? Somebody has, it brought an indictment against you for I dont ccuse you of having brought one against anyone SOCRATEs, Certainly not. EUTHYPHRo. But someone else against you OCRATES LUTHYPIIRo. Who is he SOCRATEs. I don t know the man very Euthyphro, for he seems to be a young an rson. His name, however, is Meletus And he is of the deme of Pitthus, if you ny Pitthian Meletus, with long hair and only a little beard, but with a hooked nose. Digitized by Microsoft (REUTHYPHRO [OR ON HOLINESS, A TENTATIVE DIALOGUE] CHARACTERS EUTHYPHRO, SOCRATES EUTHYPHRO. What strange thing has happened, Socrates, that you have left your accustomed haunts in the Lyceum and are now haunting the portico where the king archon sits ? For it cannot be that you have an action before the king, as I have. SOCRATES. Our Athenians, Euthyphro, do not call it an action, but an indictment. EUTHYPHRO. What? Somebody has, it seems, brought an indictment against you ; for I don't accuse you of having brought one against anyone else.SOCRATES. Certainly not. EUTHYPHRO. But someone else against you ? SOCRATES. Quite so. EUTHYPHRO. Who is he ? SOCRATES. I don't know the man very well myself, Euthyphro, for he seems to be a young and unknown person. His name, however, is Meletus, I believe. And he is of the deme of Pitthus, if you remember any Pitthian Meletus, with long hair and only a little beard, but with a hooked nose