Oidipous’s response appears to acknowledge Kreon’s implication that he is guilty of incest. Thus, the man who killed Laios and does not know it is now seen to concede his involvement in an incestuous marriage, although again without knowing it. The god, then, seems to be speaking through both parties to this discussion without either of them being the wiser. To whom, then, is the god speaking? If to the Athenian audience, certainly the only ones present who are capable of understanding his speech, to what end? The god could only be pointedly underscoring his capacity to hijack mortal speech to serve as a medium for his communication with mortals, but at the same time he underscores the difficulties that even then beset his attempt at communication. [Mp] [Apcmu]