Gender: Feminine
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Pronounced: jo-KAS-ta
Latinized form of Greek Ιοκαστη (Iokaste), which is of unknown meaning. In Greek myth she was the mother and wife of Oedipus.
Jocasta
| First Name Origin: Jocasta |
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 | Jocasta |
| Creon (brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone) |
| Polynices (son of Oedipus and Jocasta) |
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- Jocasta
- Creon (brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone)
- Polynices (son of Oedipus and Jocasta)
- Eteoclēs
- Antigone (daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta)
- Oedipus (son of Laius and Jocasta)
- Queen Jocasta (character)
- Oedipus (character)
- Oedipus Tyrannus
- Oedipus Rex (opera)
- Phoenissae
- Creon (character)
- King of Corinth Polybus (character)
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