Niobe
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Greek The daughter of Tantalus; wife of
Amphion, king of Thebes. She was the mother of 12
children and the personification of maternal sorrow.
She was unwise enough to boast about her numerous
children and was heard by the goddess Leto, who
had only two children. Those children were the
formidable twins Apollo and Artemis, however, and
they punished Niobe by slaying all of her children.
Niobe wept herself to death and was subsequently
changed into a rock, from which water eternally
flowed, symbolizing Niobe's tears. This story is told
in Homer's Iliad.
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- Niobe Greek The daughter of Tantalus; wife of Amphion, king of Thebes.
- Pelops Greek Son of Dione and Tantalus; brother of Niobe.
- From Bulfinch's Mythology: Niobe - anthology.
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