The Chorus suggests that Oidipous consult Teiresias on the grounds that the latter sees “most near the same” as Apollo. As a qualified supplement to Delphi, Teiresias may afford Oidipous an opportunity to put questions beyond those already put to the Pythia by Kreon. In pointing out the difference between what is seen by men and seers, however, the Chorus points the audience towards the observation that what a man (in this instance: Oidipous) fails to see is predicated on the limitations of his perspective. Since the distinction is between prophets and all other human beings, these limitations are not idiosyncratic but common. Mortal capacity to bring about their own wellbeing is limited by their perspective, which can be corrected by consultation with one having the advantage of the gods’ perspective. [Mpei] [Mi]