- Alternative names
- Epicaste
- Information
- mother and wife of Oidipous
- Daughter of
- 👤 Menoiceus (Theban I) 👤 Wife of Menoiceus (name unknown)
- Mother of
- 👤 Antigone (Theban) 👤 Eteocles (Theban) 👤 Ismene (d. of Oedipus) 👤 Oedipus 👤 Polyneices
- Wife of
- 👤 Laios 👤 Oedipus
- Has children with
- 👤 Laios 👤 Oedipus
- Dies at
- 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🏛️ the Electran Gates (Thebes)
- Killed by
- 👤 Oedipus
- Has post-mortem existence at
- 🌍 the Underworld
- Depictions
- 🖌️ Sicilian Red-Figure Calyx Krater attributed to the Capodarso Painter (Paolo Orsi 66557; LIMC Antigone 1)
- Related Entities
- 🌍 Mount Phicion (Boiotia) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 the Oracle of Apollo (Delphi)🌍 the Underworld 🏛️ the Electran Gates (Thebes) 👤 Antigone (Theban) 👤 Apollo 👤 Creon (Theban) 👤 Eteocles (Theban) 👤 Ismene (d. of Oedipus) 👤 Laios 👤 Menoiceus (Theban I) 👤 Menoiceus (Theban II) 👤 Odysseus 👤 Oedipus 👤 Polybos (Corinthian/Sicyonian) 👤 Polyneices 👤 Sphinx 👤 Wife of Menoiceus (name unknown)
- Appears in
- 📜 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 742-790📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.7📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.8📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.9📜 Corinna fr. 672 PMG📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 4.376📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1-31📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1264-1283📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1427-1459📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1480-1581📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 32-54📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 408-440📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 55-85📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 588-622📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 690-747📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 977-1015📜 Homer, Odyssey 11.271-11.280📜 Lucian, On Salaried Posts in Great Houses 41📜 Ovid, Ibis 261-262📜 Pausanias 9.5.10-9.5.11📜 Strabo 16.2.38-16.2.39
- Mentioned in Text
- Aeschylus, Seven Against ThebesApollodoros, LibraryCorinnaD-Scholia, IliadEuripides, Phoenician WomenHomer, OdysseyLucian, On Salaried Posts in Great HousesOvid, IbisPausaniasStrabo