Chæronea in Bœotia.

"Œconomicus," cap. viii.

The mother of Œdipus, better known as "Jocasta."

Homer, "Odyssey," xi. 278. Epicaste hung herself.

"οἰκίσκῳ corrigit Valekenarius ad Herodot. p. 557."—Wyttenbach.