Oidipous focuses his declaration on what he understands. As the audience knows, however, he understands little of what is going on around and even through him. Thus, his promise to “drop” or overlook nothing—he is thinking of what Teiresias has said—already proves false. This is especially ironic because of the myth’s focus on prophetic utterances that do come true; Oidipous will in fact omit nothing of what prophecy has foreseen for him. So, where he thinks that he possesses adequate understanding meaningfully to direct his own actions even to the punishment of others, the audience is witness to the god’s unseen management of his speech and actions tending towards his own punishment precisely for the fault of this particular arrogance and impiety. [Mpei] [Aj] [Apcmu] [Apamu] [P] [Md]