"The king has pledged us all our pleas/ and we have heard Apollo's voice./ Oh, may he bring salvation in his hands and deal death to all disease." (11) - Priest
Obviously the priest didn't realize that in order for Oedipus to deal death to all disease, he would need to deal death upon himself. I thought that the choice of words-the use of salvation and death- wasn't coincidental because we know that Oedipus' blood needs to be spilled in order to save Thebes. So I guess the irony was in the Priests way of saying how he wishes that Oedipus can save them again.
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