The Corinthian strangely addresses Oidipous with a term of endearment: “Son!” (παῖ). This further complicates the issue of paternity, for on what basis can one regard an adult stranger, let alone the ruler of a city, as one’s child? The endearment echoes moreover the term Oidipous used to address the suppliants before the doors of his palace at the play’s opening. He was stepping into a space reserved for a god, and he spoke as a god might. When a few lines later the audience has reason to think that Apollo might in fact be using Oidipous as a vehicle to address the suppliants, it might have revisited the term “children” to hear in it confirmation that the god was announcing his presence. This suggests that in using the same term in a similarly inappropriate fashion, the Corinthian may now also be speaking for Apollo, or rather; that Apollo is speaking through him. [Gd] [Apcmu]