Jocasta, Oedipus' mother is the mother and grandmother of Oedipus' children.
Oedipus mother's name was Jocasta
No, Oedipus' mother (Jocasta) kills herself.
Jocasta is the Queen of Thebes and the mother of Oedipus.
Jocasta is the Queen of Thebes and the mother of Oedipus.
Jocasta is Oedipus' real mother in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta is King Oedipus' real biological mother. But she last sees him when he is three days old. She thinks that he is dead, and Oedipus believes his mother to be someone else.
Oedipus Oedipus
After Oedipus and his mother discovered the truth that Oedipus had married and had children with his mother, she hanged herself and he blinded himself with two pins from her dress and was exiled to Athens.
He indeed marries his mother and has for kids with her. Oedipus was not aware that she was his mother. When they find out that he married his mother, she kills herself and he scratches his own eyes out.
Antigone's mother was Jocasta, wife of Oedipus, who was Antigone's father. The play Oedipus Rex, in which Antigone is a non-speaking character, describes the relationship of Jocasta and Oedipus - unbeknownst to them, Jocasta was actually Oedipus' mother in addition to his wife. When they learn this, Jocasta kills herself and Oedipus blinds himself.
Antigone's mother was Jocasta, wife of Oedipus, who was Antigone's father. The play Oedipus Rex, in which Antigone is a non-speaking character, describes the relationship of Jocasta and Oedipus - unbeknownst to them, Jocasta was actually Oedipus' mother in addition to his wife. When they learn this, Jocasta kills herself and Oedipus blinds himself.
Antigone and Ismene are the two daughters of Theban King Oedipus. Eteocles and Polyneices are the twin sons. Theban Queen Jocasta, as mother and wife to Oedipus, is mother and grandmother to Oedipus' four children.