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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.
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.
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.
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 ...
Aedon was envious of Niobe, her sister-in-law, who had six sons and six daughters. Aedon planned to kill the eldest of Niobe's sons, but by mistake killed her own son Itylus. Zeus relieved her grief by changing her into a nightingale, whose songs are Aedon's lamentations about her child.
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[18] [19] In this story Aëdon becomes Niobe's rival in the same way Leto does in the more known story concerning Niobe, both mothers of two children, boy and girl, who are threatened by Niobe's vast progeny. Aëdon thus occupies the same position as the goddess, but unlike Leto, she has not the power to smite Niobe, and instead her efforts end ...
'Gladiator II' cast. The "Gladiator II" cast, according to IMDb, includes the following: Fred Hechinger: Emperor Caracalla. Pedro Pascal: Marcus Acacius. Denzel Washington: Macrinus. Joseph Quinn ...