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In Greek mythology , Jocasta , also known as Jocaste (" Iokást " ) or Epicaste (  " 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 ___MASK43___ , Eteocles , Polynices and ___MASK79___ . She was also sister of Creon and mother - in - law of Haimon . In Greek mythology , ___MASK43___ ( / æntni / an - TI - g - nee ; Greek :  ) is the daughter / sister of Oedipus and his mother , Jocasta . The meaning of the name is , as in the case of the masculine equivalent Antigonus , `` worthy of one ' s parents '' or `` in place of one ' s parents '' . Creon (" Kren ") is a figure in Greek mythology best known as the ruler of Thebes in the legend of Oedipus . He had four sons and three daughters with his wife , ___MASK55___ ( sometimes known as Henioche ): Henioche , Pyrrha , Megareus ( also called Menoeceus ), Lycomedes and Haimon . Creon and his sister , Jocasta , were descendants of Cadmus and of the Spartoi . He is sometimes considered to be the same person who purified Amphitryon of the murder of his uncle Electryon and father of Megara , first wife of Heracles . ___MASK79___ (" Ismn ") is the name of the daughter and half - sister of Oedipus , daughter and granddaughter of Jocasta , and sister of Antigone , Eteocles , and Polynices . She appears in several plays of Sophocles : at the end of " Oedipus the King ", in " Oedipus at Colonus " and in " Antigone ". She also appears at the end of Aeschylus ' " Seven Against Thebes ".