Jocasta
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In Greek mythology, Jocasta, also rendered as Iocaste and Epicaste, was Queen of Thebes through her marriages to Laius and her son, Oedipus. She is best known for her role in the myths surrounding Oed
Oedipus separating from Jocasta. Oil sketch by Alexandre Cabanel
Jocasta committing suicide, medieval German woodcut print produced by Johannes Zainer (c.1474)
Jocasta failing to reconcile Eteocles and Polynices, engraving after Jean-Guillaume Moitte, published 1801
Antigone
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In Greek mythology, Antigone was a Theban princess and a character in several ancient Greek tragedies. She was the daughter of Oedipus, king of Thebes; her mother/grandmother was either Jocasta or, in
Jocasta
…With Laius, she became Queen of Thebes and gave birth to a son, Oedipus. Later, not knowing of Oedipus's identity, she married him and gave birth to Antigone, Eteocles, Polynices and Ismene. She was therefore both the mother and the grandmother of her children. After Laius married Jocasta, he received an…
Antigone tied on an Apulian red-figure amphora by the Darius Painter, ca. 350-320 BC, Altes Museum
Oedipus and Antigone by Aleksander Kokular (1825–1828), National Museum, Warsaw.
Antigone in Front of the Dead Polynices by Nikiforos Lytras, National Gallery, Athens, Greece (1865)
Antigone leads the blind Oedipus away on a mural from Delos, 1st century BC.