Plato (427-347 BC) posed a question relevant to Divine Command Theory. It occurs in one of his dialogues entitled the Euthyphro. The question for Plato was, "whether the pious or holy is beloved by the gods because it is holy, or is it holy because it is beloved of the gods?" In modern terms, the question is, "Is conduct moral because God commands or approves of it in which case Divine Command Theory is true or does God command or approve of moral conduct because it is moral in which case Divine Command Theory is false? This is often referred to as "Plato's Dilemma." A "dilemma" is a situation in which you are required to accept one of two choices, but neither choice seems acceptable. The two choices are called "horns". There are three ways to respond to a dilemma. First, one may endorse the first horn of the dilemma. Second, one may endorse the second horn of the dilemma. Third, one may "go between the horns of the dilemma" by finding a third alternative that hasn't been considered yet and this is not always possible.
