The words οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὅπως profess the Chorus’s ignorance (“I do not know how …”), but they also contain a pun on the name Oidipous, suggesting that “Oidipous does not know how.” This telegraphs the expectation that the Chorus (or its language) is going to reveal the precise nature of Oidipous’s mental error. [Gd] [Mpea]