Oidipous issues yet another imperative; this one, however, has rather the force of a request or even a plea to permit him to live on Kithairon, which he calls “mine.” Yet how can he lay claim to the mountain that served the god as the stage upon which to realize two signal aspects of his project relating to Thebes and its ruling family, namely, salvation of the infant son and the father’s slaying by that son? The wilderness landscape belongs to no city. Nor does it even belong to mortals, for in their imaginations (as this play’s choral songs make clear) it is inhabited by wild animals and gods. Thus, Oidipous’s staking claim to Kithairon ignores traditional boundaries between domains, whether defined as natural or man-made, divine or mortal. [Dp] This mental transgression recalls his physical transgression into sacred space at the play’s opening and suggests that he has learned nothing. [Mpei] The audience, on the other hand, should recognize and withdraw from his error. [Mpea]