That Oidipous threatens to put Kreon to death for attempted regicide, a crime for which he has no evidence other than a series of false assumptions and which the audience believes has neither been attempted nor even contemplated suggests that his judgment is faulty and his justice even harsher than Apollo’s, for Apollo has allowed for exile, a lighter penalty than death, to punish a combination of regicide and parricide that Oidipous did commit. Oidipous displays a vindictiveness that, by comparison, makes the god seem merciful. By pointing towards the way that Oidipous’s outrage influences his judgment, the comparison between Oidipous and Apollo undermines the supposition that he can function as an impartial judge. [Mpea] [Md] [Mg] [Aj]