Perseus Encyclopedia, Jamb, Jamb, Jocasta

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daughter of Menoeceus, wife of Laius: Apollod. 3.5.6, Paus. 9.5.10 ff., Paus. 9.26.3

mother of Oedipus: Apollod. 3.5.7, Paus. 9.5.10 ff.

called Epicaste by Homer: Paus. 9.5.11

had no children by Oedipus: Paus. 9.5.10 ff.

marries her son unwittingly, and hangs herself: Apollod. 3.5.8

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