These accusations also derive from Aristophanes' Clouds. In the Clouds, Socrates educates Pheidippides about unjust speech (Aristophanes 888). After returning from “Thought,” Pheidippides beats his father after an argument about poetry (Aristophanes 1324). Pheidippides claims that he beat his father "justly" and uses the speeches he learned from Socrates to prove to his father that his actions were just (Aristophanes 1331-1335). Socrates also taught Pheidippides that the Greek gods should not be credited (Aristophanes 247). These examples form the basis of Meletus' new accusation that Socrates is committing injustice by corrupting the youth. During this period, young people respected the elderly and worshiped Greek gods and goddesses. Pheidippides' physical condemnation of his father suggests that he does not respect or honor his father, which goes against the virtues and norms of society. In Meletus' view, Socrates "corrupted the young" by teaching dishonor to the elders and disbelief in the gods. Furthermore, Socrates' refusal to credit the gods and his skepticism about "heavenly things" provide the basis for the charge that the philosopher does not believe in the gods in whom the city