Oidipous responds to the possibility of his own ignorance by asserting that the exigencies of government require submission; he is insisting upon blind faith. While the audience might reasonably agree with the idea that decisions must be made by a person or body and that the rest must be ruled by those decisions, the idea that such decisions might be made in ignorance gives pause to wonder whether government cannot be better conceived. As it does, it might take interest in Oidipous’s word ἀρκτέον, an impersonal passive participle that applies to everyone, even Oidipous himself. “One must be ruled” can apply to the ruler only when he or she recognizes an instance of authority higher than themselves. A god might be the instance of such authority, as Oidipous himself at times, such as when he sent Kreon to Delphi to request Apollo’s help, to be willing to acknowledge. [Mpei] [Mg] [Mi]