In view of the audience’s perception that good intentions are no guarantor of success and can in fact induce one to take steps that result in dreadful consequences, Oidipous’s promise of a reward appropriate (ἀξίαν) to the boon the stranger intends to deliver reveals that he, too, has been drawn into a world in which delusion predominates. [Md] [Mw] [Mpea] He will “in fact” (καὶ μὴν) not enjoy any benefit of the salve prepared for him by the stranger. The stranger will in turn not get what he came for: that he might achieve something good by assisting Oidipous in his “coming home,” for the stranger is about to confirm that Oidipous has long since come home. On the other hand, if the god requires the stranger’s aid then the stranger’s journey might do some good. A mortal might in fact do some good if his or her action is directed by a god. [Mi]