Epicaste
Americannoun
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Epicaste is mother of Œdipus, who marries her after slaying his own father who is her husband, both deeds being done in ignorance; thus the closest domestic ties are whelmed into guilt and tragedy, whereof Sophocles has made a world-famous use, in his two dramas on the subject of Œdipus.
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The two chief women of the group are Epicaste and Chloris, the one supremely tragic in her motherhood, the other reasonably happy.
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Thus the two women, Epicaste and Chloris, have opposite destinies, and show the sharp contrasts of life.
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