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Jo·cas·ta
[
joh-kas-tuh] Pronunciation Key
[
joh-kas-tuh] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | 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. |
| 2. | a female given name. |
Also, Jo·cas·te.
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| Jo·cas·ta
(jō-kās'tə) Pronunciation Key
n. Greek Mythology A queen of Thebes who unknowingly married her own son, Oedipus. |
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| jocasta | |
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| (Greek mythology) queen of Thebes who unknowingly married her own son Oedipus |
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