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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

Jo•cas•ta (dʒoʊˈkæs tə)

n.
a legendary queen of Thebes who was both the mother and wife of Oedipus.
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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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Then came Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth and Lear before they turned to classics from other cultures - hence Moliere, Ibsen, Chekhov and new translations based on drama by Euripides and the myths of Oedipus, Jokasta and Antigone.
 
 
 
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