# Jocasta — Oedipus Rex character guide

> Jocasta in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Enter Jocasta

**First appearance:** 0001-dramatis-personae

## Who they are

Queen of Thebes, wife of Oedipus, who gradually realizes the horrifying truth.

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