The Chorus is consequential in its thinking—unless the god satisfies it now it will not take seriously any of the places of prophecy holy to the gods, such as the oracle holy to Apollo at Abai in Phocis or the oracle at Olympia sacred to Zeus. The rigor of its thinking again challenges the Athenian audience, if it decides to eschew one of the seats of prophecy, to eschew all. Yet in the preceding strophe the Chorus was willing to go beyond withholding visits to holy places associated with prophecy—it suggested giving up the very dance in which it is presently engaged. The holy dance is not, however, occurring in Thebes—the dance represents Thebes. So, when the chorus considers breaking off its dance, it does so as a group of Athenian performers. Similarly, the consequentiality of eschewing Delphi extends beyond rejection of prophecy to rejection of every activity conducted under the aegis of the gods, from consultation at the oracles to processions in honor of Dionysos and, presumably, even Athena. The Chorus’s threat challenges the Athenian audience to consider whether it is willing to follow its eschewal of one divine institution to its logical conclusion: eschewal of all divine institutions. [Mpea] [P]