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noun Classical Mythology.
the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.
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Ni·o·be·an, adjective
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Niobe
is always a great word to know.
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| a celebrated hero possessing exceptional strength: among his many adventures were the twelve labors performed in order to gain immortality |
| a daughter of Gaea and Poseidon, a monster mentioned in Homer and later identified with the whirlpool Charybdis |
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Niobe
1580s, from Gk. Niobe, daughter of Tantalus, who was changed into stone while weeping for her children (slain, after she boasted of them too much, by Artemis and Apollo); hence the name is used figuratively for bereavement and woe.
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