Oidipous is wrong to assess the shepherd’s deed to have been a favor to none; it was essential to the god. The god can be expected to have approved and even rewarded it. [Aj] Oidipous’s wrong assessment reflects the persistent error of taking his own judgment to be supreme and beyond question. [Mpe] Accurate judgment of an action’s value depends upon a broader view such as is available to the gods. [Ap]