Jocasta

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Jo·cas·ta

J0048300 (jō-kăs′tə)n. Greek Mythology A queen of Thebes who unknowingly married her own son, Oedipus.

Jocasta

(dʒəʊˈkæstə) n (Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth a queen of Thebes, the wife of Laius, who married Oedipus without either of them knowing he was her son

Jo•cas•ta

(dʒoʊˈkæs tə)

n. a legendary queen of Thebes who was both the mother and wife of Oedipus.

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1.Jocasta - (Greek mythology) queen of Thebes who unknowingly married her own son OedipusGreek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks

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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

Jocasta

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Jocasta,

in Greek mythology, the wife of Laius; she unwittingly married her son Oedipus after Laius was slain. Jocasta complex - libidinous fixation on son by mother.

Jocasta

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Related to Jocasta: Jocasta complex

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noun (Greek mythology) queen of Thebes who unknowingly married her own son Oedipus

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