JOCASTA  , or IocASTA ('Ioe6,ar l; in See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer, 'Eir6Kavrr1), in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• LEGEND (through the French from the med. Lat. legenda, things to be read, from legere, to read)

legend, wife of Lalus, See also:

• MOTHER

mother (afterwards wife) of See also:

• OEDIPUS (OiSiirovs, O16tir63i7s, Wines, from Gr. ot&eiv swell, and gobs foot, i.e. " the swollen-footed ")

Oedipus (q.v.), daughter of Menoeceus, See also:

• SISTER

sister (or daughter) of See also:

• CREON

Creon . According to Homer (Od. xi . 271) and See also:

• SOPHOCLES (495-406 B.c.)

Sophocles (Oed . See also:

• TYR

Tyr . 1241), on learning that Oedipus was her son she immediately hanged herself; but in See also:

• EURIPIDES (48o–4o6 B.C.)

Euripides (Phoenissae, 1455) she stabs herself over the bodies of her sons See also:

• ETEOCLES

Eteocles and Polynices, who had slain each other in single combat before the walls of See also:

• THEBES (anciently &Oat, Thebae, or in poetry sometimes Oif3a, in modern Greek Phiva, or, according to the corrected pronunciation, Thivae)
• THEBES (e 3a1)
• THEBES, ROMANCE OF

Thebes .