Jocasta
or Jo·cas·te
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.
a female given name.
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How to use Jocasta in a sentence
Jocasta wrote her name to the statement as directed, and noted that José had already signed.
The Treasure Trail | Marah Ellis RyanDoña Jocasta regarded Tula doubtfully; she certainly gave no appearance of holding wealth to redeem a pueblo.
The Treasure Trail | Marah Ellis RyanDoña Jocasta paced the outer corridor, watched somberly by Padre Andreas on whom the beauty of the hour was lost.
The Treasure Trail | Marah Ellis Ryan“I do not know that,” replied Doña Jocasta thoughtfully, and she sank into a rawhide chair in the shade of a pillar.
The Treasure Trail | Marah Ellis RyanTruly the companionship of Doña Jocasta might be a more difficult thing to explain than that of the Indian girl of a slave raid!
The Treasure Trail | Marah Ellis Ryan
British Dictionary definitions for Jocasta
/ (dʒəʊˈkæstə) /
Greek myth a queen of Thebes, the wife of Laius, who married Oedipus without either of them knowing he was her son
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