Following his untenable claim to know what Kreon knows, Oidipous uses a threat to secure Kreon’s confession in advance—for he still has not stated what Kreon must agree to knowing. This is clearly an abuse of power, made all the more poignant by the audience’s supposition that Kreon’s silence is motivated in part by pious deference to the god clearly engaged in a project exceeding Kreon’s understanding and in part by compassion for Oidipous as a human being about to be subjected to terrible suffering. In relation to these motives, the audience can see that Oidipous misjudges both his mortal brother-in-law and the god. [Mg] [Mpei] [Mpea] [Apcma] [P] [Md]