While what Iokaste means to say is false, her words deliver a meaning that is true: Laios did die first in accordance with prophecy. [Gd] [Mpe] That her own statement refutes every point of her argument leads to a new inference: mortals cannot obstruct the realization of prophecy, because prophecy is based upon truths that the god who speaks through prophecy is capable of seeing, realizing, and even protecting against challenges mounted by mortals. [Apc] [Apa] [Md] [Mp]