Jocasta

or Jo·cas·te

[ joh-kas-tuh ]

/ dʒoʊˈkæs tə /

noun

Classical Mythology. 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.

a female given name.

Example sentences from the Web for jocasta

“You will have the honor of conducting the Doña Jocasta Perez to breakfast,” he said.

The Treasure Trail |Marah Ellis Ryan
It may be doubted whether this translation was into English; but Harvey seems to imply that it was acted, as well as the Jocasta.

Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 97, September 6, 1851 |Various
The children have been told nothing; but Antigone, who is far too precocious, alluded to Jocasta as grand-mamma.

Lost Diaries |Maurice Baring
After touching the dead Jocasta and his two sons, he passes to exile and rest at Colonus.

Authors of Greece |T. W. Lumb

Jocasta has hanged herself, Œdipus has torn out his own eyes with her brooch.

Contemporary American Composers |Rupert Hughes

British Dictionary definitions for jocasta

Jocasta

/ (dʒəʊˈkæstə) /

noun

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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Jocasta

or Jo·cas·te

noun

Example sentences from the Web for jocasta

British Dictionary definitions for jocasta

noun