Niobe

['naiəubi]

Definition

(noun.) (Greek mythology) the daughter of Tantalus whose boasting about her children provoked Apollo and Artemis to slay them all; Niobe was turned to stone while bewailing her loss.

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Definition

(n.) The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes. Her pride in her children provoked Apollo and Diana, who slew them all. Niobe herself was changed by the gods into stone.

Edited by Clare

Definition

n. daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion king of Thebes. Proud of her many children she gloried over Latona who had but two Artemis and Apollo. But these killed them all on which the weeping mother was turned into stone by Zeus.—adj. Niobē′an.

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