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Niobe |
 | | A mortal woman in Greek mythology, Niobe, daughter of Tantalus and either Euryanassa[?], Eurythemista[?], Clytia, Dione, Laodice, wife of Amphion, boasted of her superiority to Leto because she had fourteen children (Niobids), seven male and seven female, while Leto had only two. |
 | | Apollo killed her sons as they practiced athletics, with the last begging for his life, and Artemis her daughters. |
 | | Aedon was the queen of Thebes who attempted to kill the son of her rival, Niobe, also her sister-in-law (Aedon was married to Zethus), and accidentally killed her own daughter, Itylus instead and thus, the gods again changed her into a nightingale. |
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