Recognizing the misery that awaits Oidipous, the herdsman calls him δύστηνος, which suggests that Oidipous is aready wretched, but he is soon to be far more wretched. This comment sounds like an anticipation of what is to come rather than a simple assessment of Oidipous’s present circumstances. The herdsman seems either to know more than he admits to knowing or to be serving again as a conduit for the god. [Apcm] [Gd]