Upon reading "Euthyphro", by Plato, I offer a puzzling little question to the fellow Athenians, no doubt a masterpiece riddle by Socrates:

In "Euthyphro", Socrates comes upon a man by the name of Euthyphro, who is heading to a trial in which he is prosecuting his father for murder. Although he claims he is doing the right thing, his family believes otherwise. Euthyphro believes he is doing a pious act. When Socrates asks him what his definition of piety is, Euthyphro explains:

4e. "I say that the pious is to do what I am doing now, to prosecute the wrongdoer, be it about murder or temple robbery or anything else, whether the wrongdoer is your father or your mother or anyone else; not to prosecute is impious. And observe, Socrates, that I can cite powerful evidence that the law is so. I have already said to others that such actions are right, not to favor the ungodly, whoever they are. These people themselves believe that Zeus is the best and most just of the gods, yet they agree that he bound his father because he unjustly swallowed his sons, and that he in turn castrated his father for similar reasons. But they are angry with me because I am prosecuting my father for his wrongdoing. They contradict themselves in what they say about the gods and about me."

A little later in the conversation, Socrates convinces him to refine his definition of impiety, and he gives Socrates this:

9e. "I would certainly say that the pious is what all the gods love, and the opposite, what all the gods hate, is the impious."

A few lines later, Socrates pops him a question that crushes Euthyphro's statement about piety and provides a question to ponder about for the ages:

10a. "Is the pious being loved by the gods because it is pious, or is it pious because it is being loved by the gods?"

Now, you may think that it is the same one question only switched around, but think carefully and they're completely different. Think hard, and give us your best interpretation of the question. After all, you wouldn't want to disappoint Socrates, now would you?