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Niobe

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Ni·o·be  (n-b)
n. Greek Mythology
The daughter of Tantalus who, after boasting that she had more children than Leto, suffered the killing of her own children by Artemis and Apollo, and turned to stone while bewailing their loss.
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Noun1.Niobe - (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
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks


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The proof is that the poets who have dramatised the whole story of the Fall of Troy, instead of selecting portions, like Euripides; or who have taken the whole tale of Niobe, and not a part of her story, like Aeschylus, either fail utterly or meet with poor success on the stage.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
* I wish the Prior had also informed them when Niobe was
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
Even lovely Niobe had to think about eating, though her twelve children--six daughters and six lusty sons--had been all slain in her house.
The Iliad by Homer View in context
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