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Jocasta
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Jo·cas·ta  (j-kst)
n. Greek Mythology
A queen of Thebes who unknowingly married her own son, Oedipus.
Jocasta [dʒəʊˈkæstə]
n
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a queen of Thebes, the wife of Laius, who married Oedipus without either of them knowing he was her son
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Noun1.Jocasta - (Greek mythology) queen of Thebes who unknowingly married her own son Oedipus
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
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17) For one thing, his parentage varies wildly: Telemachos is cited as one possible father, with Apollo and Orpheus mentioned as earlier ancestors, while the roll of mothers includes Nestor's daughter Epikaste.
"Reading" Homer through oral tradition by Foley, John Miles / College Literature
 
 
 
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