Mentioning that he will not be able to see his family, Oidipous is thinking of his Corinthian parents, contact with whom he still feels obliged to avoid, but his words suggest another meaning: he will still not recognize his parents just as he failed to recognize them in the past, for he killed a man without recognizing him as his father and married a woman without recognizing her as his mother. Flight from prophecy in the future, as in the past, will deprive him of sight and understanding. Prophecy, or more precisely, a correct interpretation of prophecy, is the sole means by which one can direct one’s actions towards the results that one wants. [Gd] [Mipd] [Mw]