To this Teiresias is left without anything to add, except that he finds it “pathetic” (ἄθλιος) that soon everyone will recognize in Oidipous those defects that he ascribes to the seer. Teiresias correctly anticipates Oidipous’s public standing once the truth has been revealed. [Apcma] The audience may similarly contrast the powerful ruler presently dismissing a venerable prophet with the ignominy to which the shamelessness of his own words and deeds condemn him. [Mpea] [Mw]