Expressing the feeling that he finds Teiresias’s attitude “disagreeable,” Oidipous reveals that he has lost sight of the fact that Teiresias is the god’s spokesperson and that the god is also the one who ordered this investigation. If Oidipous feels discomfort, it appears to stem from the fact that he is comfortable only with what he can know, believe, or deduce for himself. When pushed to decide between trust in himself and trust in a person who speaks, or perhaps only claims to speak, for Apollo, he quickly rejects the latter. This preference directly contradicts the basis for his plea to Teiresias for help and the basis for his rejection of Teiresias’s discretion not to share what he knows. Oidipous’s disregard for the basis to the seer’s special status belies a refusal to trust any claim of access to divine insight. [Md] [P]