person
Epicaste
also: Ἐπικάστη, Jocasta
Mother and, in ignorance, wife of Oedipus; when the truth came out she hanged herself, leaving Oedipus to rule Thebes in grief.
Reading notes
- The Odyssey §11.253 the mother of Oedipus, fair Epicaste
Unknowingly married her own son Oedipus after he killed his father; she hanged herself once the truth came out.