Plato, Euthyphro, section 13c

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[13c] and oxen by the oxherd's and everything else in the same way? Or do you think care and attention are ever meant for the injury of that which is cared for?

Euthyphro
No, by Zeus, I do not.

Socrates
But for its benefit?

Euthyphro
Of course.

Socrates
Then holiness, since it is the art of attending to the gods, is a benefit to the gods, and makes them better? And you would agree that when you do a holy or pious act you are making one of the gods better?

Euthyphro
No, by Zeus, not I.

Socrates
Nor do I, Euthyphro, think that is what you meant. Far from it. But I asked what you meant by

Plato. Plato in Twelve Volumes, Vol. 1 translated by Harold North Fowler; Introduction by W.R.M. Lamb. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1966.

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