Oidipous supposes that because Teiresias cannot see daylight, he is incapable of harming him or any other man. Since Teiresias is blind in the conventional sense, to Oidipous’s thinking he is utterly blind, rendering his presumed malevolence harmless. The audience is aware of no ill intent on the seer’s part; he tried to avoid revealing anything at all to Oidipous. Who, then, will harm Oidipous? The discovery he is about to make seems to be directed by the god through Delphi. Is the god, then, malevolent? [Ad] While Oidipous ignores the special insight to which the seer lays claim, the audience having just heard Teiresias lay out the truth in striking terms will conclude that it is not Teiresias who is blind, but Oidipous and everyone “who sees the light.” This drama’s myth bestows upon its spectators the seer’s gift of extraordinary insight. This perspective affirms the superior vision of seers and prophets. [Mpea] [Apa] [Apcma]