 Outraged, Tiresias tells the king that Oedipus himself is the murderer ("You yourself are the criminal you seek").Oedipus cannot see how this could be, and concludes that the prophet must have been paid off by Creon in an attempt to undermine him.The two argue vehemently, as Oedipus mocks Tiresias' lack of sight, and Tiresias retorts that Oedipus himself is blind.