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- In Gr**** mythology, the Niobids were the children of Amphion of Thebes and Niobe, slain by Apollo and Artemis because Niobe, born of the royal house of...
- the Musée du Louvre has provided the name for the Niobid Painter. A lifesize group of marble Niobids, including one of Niobe sheltering one of her daughters...
- boasting of her superiority to Leto because she had fourteen children (Niobids), seven sons and seven daughters, while Leto had only two. For her hubris...
- the children of Niobe, who were collectively called the Niobids. The krater is known as the Niobid Krater and is now housed at the Louvre in Paris. In his...
- sons. Chione, the naiad mother of Priapus by Dionysus. Chione, one of the Niobids. Chione, a nymph who gave her name to the island of Chios in some versions...
- Giovanni, Rome, together with the group of individual sculptures called the Niobids. Cir****stances of their discovery, and the fact that the heads were missing...
- boasted that she was superior to Leto because she had fourteen children (Niobids), seven male and seven female, while Leto had only two. She further mocked...
- to twelve children, equally divided in six sons and six daughters (the Niobids). Other sources speak of fourteen children, seven sons, and seven daughters...
- with his brother Pleisthenes by their uncle Atreus. Tantalus, one of the Niobids, children of King Amphion of Thebes and Niobe, daughter of Tantalus. Pindar...
- shooting five female Niobids (“Niobids” is a term for the children of Niobe), with Apollo on the far right shooting five male Niobids, both of which have...