The verb μηνύω (“declare”) has a technical legal application; it allows someone not entitled to prosecute (such as a noncitizen) to denounce a crime before the Assembly. If the Assembly is persuaded by the denunciation, it appoints investigators (ζητηταί) who have the authority to “offer rewards for further information, promise immunity to persons involved who were willing to denounce their accomplices, and examine witnesses.” This incorporation of Athenian legal jargon into Oidipous’s speech casts Apollo in the role of a noncitizen denouncing Laios’s murder before the Assembly. This suggestively embeds the action on stage within the context of Athenian legal practice and concepts and implies an overlap (and possible conflict) among various civic institutions, including the assembly, courts, administration, theater, and temples. Apollo is asserting himself into Athenian juridical discourse. [Apcmu] [D]