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In another version of the myth, the Niobids are the children of Philottus [11] and Niobe, daughter of Assaon. When Niobe dares to argue with Leto about the beauty of her children, Leto comes up with multi-stage punishment. First, Philottus is killed while hunting. Then, her father Assaon makes advances to his own daughter, which she refuses.
Niobe's friend and confidante. Evander Pulchio: Enzo Cilenti: Fictional 1.3–1.5, 1.12 The husband of Lyde, brother-in-law of Niobe, and secretly the father of her son Lucius. He was killed by Pullo and Octavian, who after learning his secret realized that he would cause too many problems for Vorenus.
Using arrows, Artemis killed Niobe's daughters and Apollo killed Niobe's sons. According to some versions, at least two of Niobe's children (usually Meliboea, along with her brother Amyclas in other renderings) was spared. Their father, Amphion, at the sight of his dead sons, either killed himself or was killed by Apollo for having sworn revenge.
Niobe is a 1915 American comedy silent film directed by Hugh Ford and Edwin S. Porter and written by Edward A. Paulton and Harry Paulton based upon their play. The film stars Hazel Dawn , Charles S. Abbe, Maude Odell , Marie Leonard, Reginald Denny and Irene Haisman.
The Destruction of the Children of Niobe is a painting by Richard Wilson, created in 1760. It depicts the Greek myth of the murder of Niobe's daughters by the goddess Artemis and her sons by Apollo. The painting won acclaim for Wilson, who obtained many commissions from British landowners seeking classical portrayals of their estates.
The children of Niobe is a novel written by Tasos Athanasiadis. In this novel Athanasiadis describes the way Greeks lived in Anatolia by the example of the small community of Salihli. Probably the title is inspired by the myth of Niobe. In 2004 the novel was serialized on Greek television. [1] [2]
One dead child, 100 dead children, 1,000 dead children, 10,000 dead children? “Two-thirds of Gaza war dead are women and children,” read a Nov. 22 headline in a United Nations security council ...
50 Daughters of King Thespius - 50 unnamed women who are King Thespius' daughters. When King Thespius became the King of Athens, his oldest daughter (portrayed by Nancy Schroeder) and her sisters pursued Hercules so that he would sire children with them. When they followed him to Traycus, they eventually turned their attention to Salmoneus.