Jocasta

Or Jo·cas·te

[joh-kas-tuh]

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.

Jocasta

/ dʒəʊˈkæstə /

noun

1. Greek myth a queen of Thebes, the wife of Laius, who married Oedipus without either of them knowing he was her son

Example Sentences

As his wife, Jocasta, Ms. Manville was arguably even more devastating, at first trying desperately to keep from her beloved husband what she knows.

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Reid’s Merope and Reis’ Antigone, ferocious in their different ways, refuse to play second fiddle to Manville’s Jocasta when it comes to Oedipus’ affections.

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And the revisions pertaining to Jocasta’s marriage to Laius, who was killed in a car accident decades before, bring a discomfiting and topical contemporary edge.

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All he must do is find the murderer of Laius, the former king whom he replaced both on the throne and in Queen Jocasta’s bed.

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Oedipus is played by a hearing actor, and Jocasta by a deaf actor, so the characters’ inherent conflict is heightened in a way that remains true to Deaf culture.

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