In Oedipus the King, recognition, anagnorisis, by which
– the one who does not know becomes the one who knows
– the one who thought he did not know realizes that he already knew
has two particular characteristics.

1. [T]hat of being “reflexive”:
– the one who seeks is the object of the search
– the one who is ignorant is the one it is a question of knowing about
– he who unleashed the dogs is himself the prey
– the trail on which he set them takes them back to the point where he is waiting for them