When Was Jocasta Born?

Chloe Bennett
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Jocasta Was Born in 1345 Bc, the Daughter of Menoeceus. Shortly After His Rape of Chrysippus Chrysippus in Greek Mythology, Chrysippus (Template: Lang-El) Was...

When Was Jocasta Born?

Jocasta was born in 1345 BC, the daughter of Menoeceus. Shortly after his rape of Chrysippus

Chrysippus
In Greek mythology, Chrysippus (Template:Lang-el) was a divine hero of Elis in the Peloponnesus, the bastard son of Pelops king of Pisa in the Peloponnesus and the nymph Axioche. He was kidnapped by the Theban Laius, his tutor, who was escorting him to the Nemean Games, where the boy planned to compete.
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Laius
Laius was the son of Labdacus. He was the father, by Jocasta, of Oedipus, who killed him.
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married Jocasta, but the Oracle at Delphi warned him that he must not have a child, or else the child would grow up to kill him and marry his wife.

Who are Jocasta's parents?

Jocasta, in Greek mythology, was the daughter of the king of Thebes, Menoeceus, and sister of Creon. She was the wife of Laius, who was given a prophecy saying that if he ever had a child, the child would kill him and marry his wife.

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Who were Jocasta's children?

Jocasta bore her son four children: two girls, Antigone and Ismene, and two boys, Eteocles and Polynices. Differing versions exist concerning the latter part of Jocasta's life. In the version of Sophocles, when his city was struck by a plague, Oedipus learned that it was divine punishment for his patricide and incest.

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