Why have you left the Lyceum, Socrates? and what are you doing in the Porch of the King Archon? Surely you cannot be concerned in a suit before the King, like myself?
Socrates
Not in a suit, Euthyphro; impeachment is the word which the Athenians use.
Euthyphro
What! I suppose that someone has been prosecuting you, for I cannot believe that you are the prosecutor of another.
Socrates
Certainly not.
Euthyphro
Then someone else has been prosecuting you?
Socrates
Yes.
Euthyphro
And who is he?
Socrates
A young man who is little known, Euthyphro; and I hardly know him: his name is Meletus, and he is of the deme of Pitthis. Perhaps you may remember his appearance; he has a beak, and long straight hair, and a beard which is ill grown.
Euthyphro
No, I do not remember him, Socrates. But what is the charge which he brings against you?
Socrates
