In Greek mythology, Jocasta, also known as Jocaste (Greek: Iοκαστη) or Epikastê was a daughter of Menoeceus and Queen consort of Thebes, Greece. She was the wife of Laius. Mother of Oedipus by Laius, and mother of Antigone, Eteocles, Polynices and Ismene by Oedipus. She was also sister of Creon. The tale goes that one day her husband, King Laius of Thebes, consulted an oracle when she was pregnant with Oedipus. The oracle told Laius that the chil… (More on Epikaste)