Jocasta: Meaning and Definition of

Jo•cas•ta

Pronunciation: ( jō-kas'tu), [key]
— n.
  1. 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.
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