By foregoing contact with his Corinthian parents, Oidipous has indeed sacrificed much, but these sacrifices do not include the pleasure of looking into his mother’s eyes; he has looked into them all too frequently and all too intimately. [Gd] The terrible cost incurred by denying himself the sight of his parents will consequently soon be buried in an avalanche of far more excruciating sufferings. [Mpea] All of his intentions will have been frustrated, and all because he has done what he could to avoid what the god informed him was necessary. [Mi] [Dn] [P]