Euthyphro
historical figure · 3 works · 5 mentions · 10 anchored passages
Euthyphro the Prospaltian
spoken of as
1 expressionEuthyphro the Prospaltian1 mention
Cratylus (Greek)
You have faith in the inspiration of Euthyphro, it seems.
in the texts
Cratylus
A figure Socrates humorously credits as the inspired source of his more far-fetched etymologies.
but ask me about any others you please, that you may see what Euthyphro’s horses are.
It must be that either the muse of Euthyphro has deserted me or this is a very difficult word.
And so, Socrates, your oracular utterances seem to me to be much to my mind, whether you are inspired by Euthyphro or some other Muse has dwelt within you all along without our knowing it.
Orations
Interlocutor in Socratic dialogues
Nor, then, did he make Gorgias or Polus or Thrasymachus or Prodicus or Meno or Euthyphro or Anytus or Alcibiades or Laches speak in vain, when he might have removed the names;
Euthyphro
A religious expert and soothsayer who is prosecuting his own father for murder and claims exact knowledge of holiness.
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