Jocasta
King Oedipus
mother and wife of king Laius of Thebes. Laius had left his baby boy to die
on a mountain, after an oracle had told him he would be killed by his son.
The baby was rescued by a shepherd who named him Oiedipus and gave him king
Polybus of Corinth.
A grown man, Oedipus was told by an oracle that he would kill his father,
and thus left Corinth to spare Polybus. He then met a man whom he thought
was a bandit, and killed him, not knowing tha man was his biological father
Laius.
He then went to Thebes, where he killed a monster and got Queen Jocasta as
a prize whom he married.
The couple had two sons: Eteocles and Polynices, and two daughters: Antigone
and Ismene. Jocasta took her own life when she found out who Oedipus really
was.
