Kreon at last criticizes Oidipous. The basis for his criticism is, however, no different from Oidipous’s; both men work from the certitude that they are not guilty of the crimes with which they are charged. One difference lies in the accuser; Kreon’s accuser is Oidipous, where Oidipous’s accuser is Teiresias. A second difference is that Kreon neither accepts nor rejects Teiresias’s statement that Oidipous is guilty of Laios’ death. He seems to recognize the impossibility of certitude with regard to the seer’s statement and thus the need to leave this question open. Knowing his own limitations on this matter, he seems to know himself in a particularly Socratic regard. This suggests an extension of the dictum to “know thy self” inscribed at Delphi: “embrace prophecy as an avenue for obtaining knowledge of matters that you know you cannot know through the process of reason.” [Mpi] [Mp] [Mi]