In Greek mythology Antigone was a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta. She was celebrated for her devotion to her father and her brother Polynices. Research Antigone
In Greek mythology, Eteocles was a son of the incestuous union of Oedipus and Jocasta and brother of Polynices. He denied his brother a share in the kingship of Thebes, thus provoking the expedition of the Seven against Thebes, in which he and his brother died by each other's hands. Research Eteocles
In Greek mythology, Ismene was the youngest child of Oedipus and Jocasta, and the sister of Antigone, Eteocles and Polynices. When Antigone proposed to bury Polynices against King Creon of Thebes' orders, Ismene refused to help, but when Antigone was arrested and charged with the burial, she tried to share the blame, only to be rejected contemptuously by her sister. Research Ismene
In Greek mythology, Jocasta was the daughter of Menoeceus, sister of Creaon and the wife of Laius the king of Thebes by whom she bore Oedipis. After unwittingly murdering Laius she unwittingly married and had incest with her son Oedipus, bringing a plague on Thebes, and bearing him two sons: Eteocles and Polynices and two daughters: Antigone and Ismene. Her father sacrificed himself to rid Thebes of the plague. Jocasta hanged herself when she learned the truth of her marriage to Oedipus. Research Jocasta
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