As Iokaste’s question begins to unfold, she might be understood to ask, who had so much anger towards Oidipous? To this question the audience might supply the answer: the gods! But the audience will then learn that she was not asking “Whose?” but “Because of having set what action into motion?” This is what the audience also would like to know: what sufficiently grave mistake did Oidipous make so as to arouse so much divine anger? The last syllable of Iokaste’s question makes it clear, however, that she is asking her husband: What action has so aroused your ire? The question, what Oidipous might have done to arouse the gods’ wrath is not on her mind. The double entendre underscores the fact that Iokaste sees her husband as the one both to initiate action and to conceive wrath, while her view gives the gods scope neither for action nor anger. [Gd] [Mp] [Md] [Ap] [Ad]