When the Chorus expresses its complete agreement with what it has heard Oidipous say, it is unclear whether its understanding matches that of Oidipous or that of the audience. Its affirmation of his statements seems, however, to reveal it to be as ignorant as he. [Mpei] The audience must carefully distance itself from similarly ignorantly endorsing its own leadership; it must strive for a more insightful understanding of the proper relationship between the city and its gods. This it might do by sending an embassy to Delphi with the intent of probing for the utmost clarification on matters such as the plague and the war. [Mg] [P] [Mipd]