Jocasta

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/dʒəʊˈkæstə/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling( jō kas′tə)


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Jo•cas•ta  ( jō kas′tə),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Mythology[Class. Myth.]a queen of Thebes, the wife of Laius and the mother, later the wife, of Oedipus, by whom she bore Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone: called Epicaste by Homer.
  2. a female given name.
Also, Jo•cas′te. 
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Jocasta /dʒəʊˈkæstə/ n
  1. a queen of Thebes, the wife of Laius, who married Oedipus without either of them knowing he was her son
'Jocasta' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Antigone - Creon - Eteocles - Oedipus - Polynices - Epicaste - Ismene - Laius - Menoeceus

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