“Your altars” suggests that the priest associates the altars with Oidipous in the same way that one would associate the altars with the gods worshipped at them. Not only does the priest not take offense at Oidipous’s apparent transgression into sacred space when responding to the people’s summoning their god Apollo, he seems to regard the altar as in every way Oidipous’s possession and domain. This transgression, especially coming from a priest—a servant of the god—is the height of impertinence to the god and demands of the god a vigorous correction; otherwise, the god’s impotence is made manifest. [Md] [Ap] [D] [Aj]