Jocaste
- a variation of Jocasta.
Example Sentences
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Oedipus won the prize which the Queen Jocaste had offered; namely, the crown and her own hand to whomsoever should free the city.
From Outline of Universal History by Fisher, George Park
He became king of Thebes and the husband of Jocaste, the widow of his father, king Laius.
From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by Berens, E.M.
Creon, accordingly, made a public declaration to the effect, that whoever could give the true interpretation of a riddle propounded by the monster, should obtain the crown, and the hand of his sister Jocaste.
From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by Berens, E.M.
On the last occasion on which she performed, she took the part of Jocaste in the Œdipe of Voltaire.
From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel
He stamps himself as a counterfeit coin, like M. Fellaire in Anatole France's "Jocaste."
From Leaves in the Wind by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)
