While the Chorus thus finds itself at a complete loss (ἀπορῶ) to adjudicate the conflict between two conflicting authorities, the audience can appraise the merits, veracity, insight, and motives of both seer and ruler. It will find the bird augur to be σοφός—”adept” and Oidipous to be a man of impeccable commitment to the town’s wellbeing. His drive and integrity promise to resolve the matter, though not to his satisfaction and not without his having polluted the town in the first place. The seer’s capacity to clarify the situation, on the other hand, does not promise to achieve anything, because he has neither the necessary authority nor powers of persuasion. The audience may thus observe that power, drive, and integrity are ineffective without insight, while insight is insufficient without integrity, drive, and power. The problem is to unify these very different capacities. [Mp] [Md] [Mg] [Apcma]