[1110-1116] The οἰκεύς, who alone escaped from the slaughter of Laius and his following, had at his own request been sent away from Thebes to do the work of a herdsman （761）. Oedipus had summoned him in order to see whether he would speak of λῃσταί, or of one λῃστής （842）. But meanwhile a further question has arisen. Is he identical with that herdsman of Laius （1040） who had given up the infant Oedipus to the Corinthian shepherd? He is now seen approaching. With his coming, the two threads of discovery are brought together.
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