While Oidipous now recognizes that sending for Teiresias was pointless, the fact of the matter is that Teiresias has not been “sounding off inanities” (μῶρα: words that are “dull,” “sluggish,” “stupid” (LSJ)). The problemlies rather with Oidipous, whose thinking is so influenced by his own erroneous convictions that he is rendered incapable of grasping the truth. [Mi] [Mpea]