Tell me (said he), Euthydemus, what sort of thing you take piety to be?
Something most fair and excellent, no doubt (the other answered). (4)
(4) Or, "A supreme excellence, no doubt."
Soc. And can you tell me what sort of person the pious man is? (5)
(5) Or, "can you give me a definition of the pious man?"; "tell me who
and what the pious man is."
I should say (he answered) he is a man who honours the gods.
Soc. And is it allowable to honour the gods in any mode or fashion one likes?
Euth. No; there are laws in accordance with which one must do that.
Soc. Then he who knows these laws will know how he must honour the gods?
I think so (he answered).