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Jocasta  

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  • Jocasta, also known as Jocaste or Epikasté, is a character in Greek mythology. Daughter of Menoeceus of Thebes and sister of Creon and Hipponome, she marries King Laius and becomes the Queen of Thebes, Greece. [Source: Encyclopedia of Motherhood; Jocasta]

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