jocasta in English

noun
1
a Theban woman, the wife of Laius and mother and later wife of Oedipus.

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1. In Greek mythology, Antigone was the daughter of Oedipus and his mother, Jocasta

2. Jocasta Nu was a wispy, elderly human woman with a strong will.

3. Despite her frail appearance, Jocasta Nu was known as a firebrand among the Jedi.

4. Antigone, in Greek legend, the daughter born of the unwittingly incestuous union of Oedipus and his mother, Jocasta.

5. Jocasta struck him as a typical Hollywood brat, neglected, indulged, selfish and forced to grow up too fast.

6. Antigone definition is - a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who buries her brother Polynices' body against the order of her uncle Creon.

7. Oedipus, king of Thebes, unknowingly married his mother Jocasta, and had four children, Antigone, Ismene, Polynices and Eteocles.According to the most popular version of the story, after the death of Oedipus, Eteocles and Polynices ascended to the throne and would take turns reigning over Thebes.

8. 441 B.C.E.) By Sophocles (city-state of Athens, present-day Greece) Translated from the Greek by Robert Fagles CHARACTERS Antigone daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta ISMENE sister of Antigone A CHORUS of old Theban citizens and their LEADER CREON king of Thebes, uncle of Antigone and Ismene A SENTRY HAEMON son of Creon and Eurydice