Jocasta
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Jocasta
(jōkăs`tə): see OedipusOedipus, in Greek legend, son of Laius, king of Thebes, and his wife, Jocasta. Laius had been warned by an oracle that he was fated to be killed by his own son; he therefore abandoned Oedipus on a mountainside.
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Jocasta
unknowingly marries her son, Oedipus. [Gk. Lit.: Oedipus Rex]
See: Incest
Jocasta
commits suicide when she realizes she has married son, Oedipus. [Gk. Lit.: Oedipus Rex]
See: Remorse