Putting special emphasis on himself: saying, “I will not pain either myself or you” Teiresias suggests that someone else will do it. Who, then, will pain Oidipous? Presumably, the god. Dissatisfaction with a prophetic utterance, then, should not be permitted to lead to finding fault with the prophet. Oidipous is mistaken to think that Teiresias speaks in his own name and for his own benefit. To take a prophet or an oracle seriously means to understand that individual or institution to serve as a conduit for communication between immortals and mortals. [Mea] [Mipi] [Dncc]