In Greek mythology, Jocasta (/ dʒoʊˈkæstə / ⓘ), also rendered as Iocaste[1] (Ancient Greek: Ἰοκάστη Iokástē [i.okástɛː]) and Epicaste[2] (/ ˌɛpɪˈkæstiː /; Ἐπικάστη Epikástē[3]), was Queen of Thebes …

Jan 10, 2022 · Jocasta is primarily known in Greek mythology as the Queen of Thebes who becomes unwittingly involved in a tragic fate. Her story is central to the myth of Oedipus.

Jocasta, in Greek mythology, was the daughter of the king of Thebes, Menoeceus, and sister of Creon. She was the wife of Laius, who was given a prophecy saying that if he ever had a child, the child …

Jocasta is the Queen of the city of Thebes and Creon’s sister. She is also Oedipus’s mother and wife, though neither she nor Oedipus knows this until too late. Just as Oedipus suffers a tragic...

Having served as the Queen of Thebes for many years, she believes herself to be well aware of the events surrounding her first-born son’s death, Laius’s murder, and Oedipus’s ascension to the throne.

Jocasta was a Queen of Thebes in Greek Mythology. Jocasta is of course famous for marrying her son, Oedipus, and becoming a mother by him.

At once Oedipus' mother and his wife, Jocasta represents the most immediate victim of Oedipus' fate, after the tragic hero himself. In contrast to Oedipus, Jocasta distrusts the oracles and believes that …

In Greek mythology, Jokasta (Greek: Ἰοκάστη Iokaste) was a daughter of Menoeceus, a descendant of the Spartoi, and Queen consort of Thebes, Greece. She was the wife of first Laius, then of their son …

After her father blinded himself upon discovering that Jocasta was his mother and that, also unwittingly, he had slain his father, Antigone and her sister Ismene served as Oedipus’ guides, following him …

Jun 25, 2006 · Oedipus saved the city from the sphinx and was married to Jocasta, who bore him four children. They had two sons named Eteocles and Polynices, and two daughters named Antigone and …