Jocasta/Definition

From Greek mythology, she was the wife and mother of Oedipus, and mother (and grandmother) of Antigone, Ismeme, Polyneices, and Eteocles. Source: Elizabeth Vandiver, Classics scholar, authority on Greek mythology and Greek tragedy, including the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Homer, and Virgil. This definition is based on her course Classical Mythology for The Teaching Company.