Suggesting that Oidipous’s suspicions are founded on passion (ὀργῄ) and not thought (γνώμῃ), the choral leader, spokesperson for the citizenry, admits to limitations upon his ruler’s vaunted talents. This moves its views more into line with those of the audience, which has already observed that Oidipous misconstrues the seer’s revelations and consequently makes an erroneous inference of a conspiracy afoot. His error appears, however, not to derive from excessive emotion (ὀργῄ) but from his own unquestioned assumption that he can have had nothing to do with Laios’ death. [Mpea] So, while he does in fact grow angry, rather than affecting his inferences, his emotion flows from them. [Md] The citizenry is working from its own false assumption; namely, that cooler heads should prevail. [Mg]