It is striking that rather than expressing regret for killing Laios, he expresses dismay at the sentence that he pronounced on Laios’ killer, according to which he must become an outcast, pushed from every home, spoken to by nobody, yet his decree’s call for ejection and shunning corresponds with his own perception of being dismissed from Delphi without receiving the honor of the god’s speech. It also corresponds with the speechless shoving at the crossroads that ended in a bloody massacre. His lack of remorse suggests that he is living in a world in which power and success are the measures of what is good. The audience can see, however, that this is a world of his own making based upon a misunderstanding of the god, for it appears from his own account of the consultation at Delphi that Apollo did not send him away without showing any concern for his needs. The same may have been true of Laios and Iokaste—they must have interpreted the god’s injunction to refrain from sexual intercourse as a sign of the god’s inclination to be oppressive. Yet, if Apollo was trying to cure an amorality in them and to prevent its transmission to the next generation, as is now evident in their son, his prohibition on procreative sex between them may be interpreted as the sign of a deeper commitment to their wellbeing. [P] [Md] [Mpei] [Ad]