Emphasizing the fact that a blind man requires an accomplice, Oidipous’s statement underscores the audience’s growing awareness that beyond the blind seer who carries his words the god requires an accomplice. Despite being blind to it, Oidipous is that accomplice. It is ironic that while Oidipous believes that a blind man cannot kill, he blindly carried out the deed already foretold to his father and then to him by another. This makes it plain that blindness can manifest itself in several ways: physical disability, intellectual limitation, and impaired judgment induced by excessive passion for independence of action. [Mei] [Md]