As Iokaste responds, it will not be a surprise that her answer can be read from two perspectives. [Gd] Where she means to say, “He has come to deliver the news that your father Polybos is no longer,” double entendre in her speech enables the audience to hear, “He has come to deliver the news that Polybos is no longer your father.” Again the god can be heard to be inhabiting her speech, answering the question just raised in the audience’s mind by creating a clever double-speak whose double significance can be caught by those in the know. [Apcmu]