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Artemis; 5 daughters with a nurse; younger son with a pedagogue; 3 other sons; Apollo. Top: dead Niobids. 160–170 Ad In Greek 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 Phrygia , had boastfully compared the greater number of her own offspring ...
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, a boastful woman, attracted the wrath of Artemis and her brother Apollo, who were furious at Niobe for taunting their mother. Artemis then decided to kill all of her daughters while Apollo killed all of her sons, thus all of her children were killed. Amphion committed suicide after the death of his beloved children.
Diana and Apollo Killing Niobe's Children is a 1772 oil-on-canvas painting by the French artist Jacques-Louis David, now in the Dallas Museum of Art. He produced it to compete for the Prix de Rome . In the Rococo style which marked his early period, it was emblematic of the conflict between David and the Académie royale de peinture et de ...
[1] [2] [3] Pausanias mentioned a statue of Chloris near the sanctuary of Leto in Argos. [4] In another version, she is a daughter of Teiresias . [ 5 ] According to Pausanias, she was a victor at the first Heraean Games organised by Hippodameia .
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Apollo 13 was slated to be the third landing on the moon after Apollo 8 (1968) and Apollo 12 (1969). Launched on April 11, 1970, the crew was led by commander Lovell, along with command module ...
Meliboea, alias Chloris of Thebes, the only Niobid spared when Artemis and Apollo killed the rest. She was so horrified at the sight of her siblings' deaths that she stayed greenishly pale for the rest of her life, and for that reason she was dubbed Chloris ("the pale one"). [4] Meliboea, a maiden of Ephesus.