Oidipous asks if this is Kreon’s final word on the subject (φὴς τάδ᾽ οὖν;) but the audience may again take his words in another way: “Do you so speak? [Or is it another—the god—whose views these are?]” The audience can answer this question, “Both.” [Gd] Kreon is speaking in support of the god; therefore, the views to which he gives expression are both his and those of the god. He has expressed the view that the god’s decision must be sought and that if Oidipous deserves punishment he will receive it. [Mipd] [Aj] Kreon’s speech has in addition communicated the idea that divine intervention can manifest itself in what appears to be chance occurrence. [Apaoc] While these meanings may not be identical, they do not contradict one another, as happens when one sets oneself at odds with the god on the assumption that the god is already predisposed against one. Rather, when one hears an assertion that seems to imply divine enmity, one must ask the god directly, “Do you so speak?” In asking this question of Kreon rather than Apollo, Oidipous again displays his disdain for the god and his higher regard for mortal than divine utterances of judgment and decision, an impiety that yet again demands the god’s corrective intervention. [Md] [P]