Epicaste

[ ep-i-kas-tee ]
/ ˌɛp ɪˈkæs ti /

noun

Jocasta.

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Example sentences from the Web for epicaste

  • Thus the two women, Epicaste and Chloris, have opposite destinies, and show the sharp contrasts of life.

    Homer's Odyssey|Denton J. Snider

  • The two chief women of the group are Epicaste and Chloris, the one supremely tragic in her motherhood, the other reasonably happy.

    Homer's Odyssey|Denton J. Snider