Teiresias’s instructing Oidipous to consider (λογίζου) his charges underscores the fact that Oidipous still persistently fails properly to examine and respect prophecies, whether present, recent, or issued in the distant past. If the audience has just drawn a parallel between itself and Oidipous, it will have to apply these charges to itself, and it will have to acknowledge that they apply remarkably well. [Mpea] [Gt-a] [P] [Mi]