Oidipous wants it to be known that he intends to accomplish everything that has been asked of him. The spectators in the theater are quite aware, however, that he has in fact already done all that has been foretold for him by myth, namely; that the gods would soon make his deeds known to all. Thus, when he means δράσοντος “intending to do,” the audience may hear δράσαντος: “already having done.” If there δράσοντος has a subject, it would seem to be Apollo. It is he who has come to summon the town to see what Oidipous has done. In this respect the events presently unfolding provide an unexpected gloss of the Homeric narrative, for the gods will reveal both the state of mortal ignorance and insufficiency and their own power through this mortal’s unwitting agency. [Gd] [Mpei] [Apcmu]