Niobe
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Greek The daughter of Tantalus; wife ofAmphion, king of Thebes. She was the mother of 12children and the personification of maternal sorrow.She was unwise enough to boast about her numerouschildren and was heard by the goddess Leto, whohad only two children. Those children were theformidable twins Apollo and Artemis, however, andthey punished Niobe by slaying all of her children.Niobe wept herself to death and was subsequentlychanged into a rock, from which water eternallyflowed, symbolizing Niobe's tears. This story is toldin Homer's Iliad.