In
Greek mythology,
Jocasta , also known as
Jocaste (
Iokaste) or
Epicaste (; Ἐπικάστη
Epikaste), was a daughter of
Menoeceus, a descendant of the
Spartoi, and Queen consort of
Thebes, Greece. She was the wife of first
Laius, then of their son
Oedipus, and both mother and grandmother of
Antigone,
Eteocles,
Polynices and
Ismene. She was also sister of
Creon and mother-in-law of
Haimon.