Kreon begins to cross-examine Oidipous. His first question goes directly to Oidipous’s marriage. Of course there would be nothing wrong with Oidipous’s having Kreon’s sister to wife, were Kreon not his uncle. Knowing that they are related, however, the audience cannot but hear the implication of incest in Kreon’s question, although based upon the presumed sincerity of his commitment not to make statements about matters that he does not understand, it seems unlikely that Kreon is directing Oidipous to discover his incestuous marriage. Nevertheless, the question inadvertently runs thought straight towards the precipice of revelation. Is Kreon serving now as the instrument for the revelation that must be made? Is Apollo exercising the prerogative that Teiresias earlier claimed for him (ll. 376-7); namely, to reveal Oidipous’s crimes? [Gd] [Apcmu]