niobe

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niobe - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Niobe \Ni"o*be\, n. [L. Nioba, Niobe, Gr. ?.] (Class. Myth.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

niobe - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Niobe
      n 1: (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