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		Niobe was the queen of Thebes (the principle city in Boetia), married to Amphion, King of Thebes.
		Niobe and Amphion had fourteen children (the Niobids), and in a moment of arrogance, Niobe bragged about her seven sons and seven daughters at a ceremony in honor of Leto, the daughter of the titans Coeus and Phoebe.
		Niobe's children were left unburied for nine days because Zeus had turned all of the people of Thebes into stone.
	www.pantheon.org /articles/n/niobe.html (474 words)

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		Although different versions of the Niobe myth offer slightly different acounts, a consensus of the the stories (and the “Dramatic Personae”) reveals Niobe as a mortal, the daughter of an arrogant man (Tantalus), and the mother of seven sons and seven daughters.
		No longer is Niobe's story a "tall tale" from Greek mythology; instead, her story is representative of a typical occurrence in everyday American (a depressing thought, but I feel sure that a mother loses a child on a daily basis).
		Niobe grieves the death of her son, and we hear "the sorrow and the terrible love" (33).
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Acropolis/4593/niobe.html (2051 words)

	Niobe uiCrevan
		Niobe has only accompanied her mother once on a job for another coster; it was part of her training.
		Niobe quickly found out that getting into locked things was a fun challenge and not nearly as difficult as she first thought.
		It took Niobe quite a bit of hard work and much sweet talk to set up a few deals, but she succeeded well enough in her task that after a proving period of two moons she was accepted into Myrkiu's small gang.
	www.woldiangames.com /repose/repose_characters/niobe.htm (882 words)

	NIOBE - LoveToKnow Article on NIOBE
		Burmeister regards the legend as an incident in the struggle between the followers of Dionysus and Apollo in Thebes, in which the former were defeated and driven back to Lydia.
		The tragedians used her story to point the moral of the instability of human happiness; Niobe became the representative of human nature, liable to pride in prosperity and forgetfulness of the respect and submission due to the gods.
		In art, the most famous representation was a marble group of Niobe and her children, taken by Sosius to Rome and set up in the temple of Apollo Sosianus (Pliny, Nat.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /N/NI/NIOBE.htm (607 words)

	Niobe - Psychology Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		A mortal woman in Greek mythology, Niobe (Νιόβη), daughter of Tantalus and either Euryanassa, Eurythemista, Clytia, Dione, or Laodice, and the 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.
		Priam is like Niobe in that he is grieving for his son Hector, who was killed and not buried for several days.
		Niobe is also the name of an German AA-cruiser (ex-Dutch Gelderland) sunk outside Kotka, Finland and the name of a German school ship sunk 1932 in the Fehmarn belt between the Bay of Kiel and the Bay of Mecklenburg.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Niobe (462 words)

	Niobe - History for Kids!
		Niobe (Nigh-OH-bee) was a woman in Greece a long long time ago (in the story).
		Niobe had seven children, boys and girls, who were called the Niobids, meaning children of Niobe (I don't know what happened to their dad; he is not in the story).
		Niobe was very proud of her children, and she was proud that she had so many children.
	www.historyforkids.org /learn/greeks/religion/myths/niobe.htm (329 words)

	Niobe -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		Niobe went back to her Phrygian home, where she was turned into a rock on Mount Sipylus (Yamanlar Dagi, northeast of Izmir, Tur.), which continues to weep when the snow melts above it.
		Niobe is the subject of lost tragedies by both Aeschylus and Sophocles, and Ovid tells her story in his Metamorphoses.
		The origin of the name Niobe is uncertain; it may have been of non-Greek origin and perhaps derived from Asia Minor, which seems also to have been the source of her story.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9055894 (626 words)

	NIOBE - Online Information article about NIOBE
		main point of the myth to be Niobe's loss of her children.
		The appearance of the rock on Sipylus gave rise to the story of Niobe having been turned to stone.
		Orvieto vase) represents the slaying of the children of Niobe by Apollo and Artemis; fig.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /NEW_NUM/NIOBE.html (1023 words)

	Mythography \| The Legend of Niobe in Myth and Art
		The tragic tale of the legendary character Niobe is one of the most memorable in Greek mythology.
		For Niobe's story features a striking example of the consequences of hubris (defined as arrogance or excessive pride), and for this reason, it was a popular myth in ancient literature, poetry, and art.
		Niobe was devastated when her children were killed.
	www.loggia.com /myth/niobe.html (387 words)

	Niobe
		Niobe was angry and unhappy at what had happened, and could hardly believe it.
		When there was only one left, Niobe clasped that one in her arms, and begged Leto to spare her last one.
		Niobe sat on the mountaintop, bereaved of sons, daughters and husband.
	www.fables.org /crown_thistle/niobe.html (520 words)

	niobe
		niobe has the voice of an angel, not in any kind of oleaginous charlotte church type way, but the voice of an ineffably glamorous torch or lounge singer, whose voice reaches us from over shaky airwaves, as if we're listening to vera lynn on the world service.
		From the rhythm of some very jolly bass bubbles in the first track to a mellow acoustic guitar loop in the closing number, Niobe takes you on a strange and dreamlike voyage with her unique and inventive sound.
		Ihre Musik hat Niobe auf Konzerten in Mexiko City, an der Volksbühne Berlin oder auf dem Batofar in Paris bereits einem internationalen Publikum bekannt gemacht hat.
	www.sonig.com /main/niobe/bio.php?PHPSESSID=1b2d7501b6ed53bc2f05f6a7ca528a81&PHPSESSID=1b2d7501b6ed53bc2f05f6a7ca528a81 (973 words)

	Axis History Forum :: View topic - AA-cruiser Niobe
		Niobe was sunk on July 16th 1944 near Kotka harbour in Finland.
		Niobe was stationed near Kotka harbour when she was attacked.
		Reason why Niobe was moved to Kotka was to give protection to the light surface forces (ferries, M-boats) that were employed at the bay of Viipuri, guarding the minefiels cross bay of Finland and watching after antisubmarinenet at the mouth of bay of Finland.
	forum.axishistory.com /viewtopic.php?t=65762&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=niobe&start=0 (1001 words)

	Niobe, Thea Musgrave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Niobe, written in July and November 1987, was commissioned by the Park Lane Group for Ian Hardwick.
		In Greek mythology, Niobe was the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion, King of Thebes.
		Out of pity for Niobe’s inconsolable grief, the Gods changed her into a rock, in which form she continued to weep.
	www.chesternovello.com /work/9214/main.html (192 words)

	purevolume™ \| Niobe
		Niobe is a seven piece hard rock/metal band hailing from NYC.
		Niobes music contains a hypnotic blend of musical, cultural and societal influences.
		The bands inspiration is derived from the necessities of revolution and change that stretches far beyond just the idea of social awareness.
	www.purevolume.com /niobe (93 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Niobe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Niobe, in Greek mythology, daughter of Tantalus, and the queen of Thebes.
		Her husband, King Amphion, was a son of the god Zeus and a great musician....
		In Greek legend Niobe was a daughter of the royal house of Atreus, which was cursed with divine punishments and a series of blood feuds that lasted...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Niobe.html (87 words)

	ETM Transcript - Zion
		Niobe is driving, as always, and holding an intercom in one hand.
		Niobe, who looks like she just closed the door behind herself, turns around in an annoyed fashion and returns to the door, yanking it open.
		Niobe lets Lock in and walks away, straightening her clothes and leaving Lock to close the door.
	www.kalime.com /etm/4zion.html (1356 words)

	Leto and Niobe
		Niobe wept with misery to see all of her beautiful children slaughtered in the prime of life.
		This is the story of Niobe and Leto from the Metamorphoses:“The prophetess Manto, Tiresias’ daughter, had been spurred by heavenly promptings.
		Disaster made her bold [Artemis Niobe’s seven daughters with her arrows and Niobe is transformed to stone]...
	www.paleothea.com /Myths/Niobe.html (1564 words)

	ETM Transcript - Visions of the Future
		Niobe flies the ship down any tunnel that appears to be going down but with no real plan.
		Niobe is in the driver's seat, and Morpheus looks like he's holding on for dear life.
		Niobe, in the Real World, in a hovercraft room/room in Zion appears to be looking up at a screen out of view.
	www.kalime.com /etm/6visions.html (2350 words)

	SNAIL'S TALES: Niobe is still crying
		Rather than well-known ruins of Greek cities that are the favorites of ordinary tourists, I was more interested in isolated, largely forgotten bits and fragments of history and Bean had a generous list of those along with photographs or drawings.
		Upon seeing this, horrified Niobe escaped to Mt. Sipylus where she turned into stone and a stream formed from her tears.
		About 20 minutes later we were walking back to the car with a bag of snail shells and I had just finished entering the GPS coordinates into my notebook when I looked up ahead of me. Suddenly, one of the photographs I had seen in Bean flashed before my eyes.
	snailstales.blogspot.com /2005/08/niobe-is-still-crying.html (538 words)

	Segelschulschiff NIOBE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Niobe was built in 1913 as a Danish four-masted freight schooner at the shipyard in Fredrikshavn Skibsvacrft, Denmark
		Refitting was completed at the shipyard in Wilhelmshaven in 1923, converting the Niobe into a three-masted schooner barque.
		The Niobe was salvaged, but was later sunk while being used for gunnery practice.
	home.att.net /~rodney.j.martin/segelschulschiff_niobe.htm (291 words)

	Niobe -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		She had only two children and envied her sister-in-law, Niobe, who had many.
		She planned to murder Niobe's eldest son in his sleep, but by mistake killed her own son, Itylus, who was sharing his room.
		The vessel is thought to reflect the innovative technique of the now lost mural paintings of Polygnotus, another Greek painter of the 5th century BC.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9055894 (441 words)

	Niobe: Workspace Home
		Niobe is a prototype project that allows managed, smart client add-ins to be developed for Microsoft Office Outlook 2003.
		Niobe SDK 0.9.1476.21389 (01/16/2004 • 1170k • 628 downloads)
		Niobe Runtime 0.9.1476.21389 (01/16/2004 • 634k • 687 downloads)
	www.gotdotnet.com /community/workspaces/workspace.aspx?ID=E7071B93-7970-4962-A4C2-D72AA2CFBCFF (182 words)

	Wayside Gardens: Clematis Niobe - A rich red Clematis that blooms from summer to fall on compact vines. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Like crushed velvet, the huge midnight-red blooms of Niobe glow with rich color, brilliantly offset by a slender, prominent center of bright yellow.
		Simply the best red Clematis we know, Niobe is floriferous and blooms over a long summer season on compact, manageable 6 foot vines.
		Niobe is a Group II Clematis for pruning purposes, which means that in early spring you should cut back the vine 6 or 8 inches to the nearest pair of strong leaf axil buds.
	www.waysidegardens.com /webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StoreCatalogDisplay?storeId=10151&catalogId=10151&langId=-1&mainPage=prod2working&ItemId=41488&PrevMainPage=advsearchresults&OfferCode=R3H (252 words)

	Crop Science: Registration of 'Niobe' barley.(Registration Of Cultivars)@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Niobe has been registered in Canada by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, ON, Canada (Canadian Reg.
		Niobe was tested by FCDC as H92031021 and in the Western Co-operative Two-Row Barley Registration Test as TR651.
		Niobe was selected from the cross 'AC Oxbow'/'CDC Guardian'.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:111736995&refid=holomed_1 (198 words)

	Niobe: Workspace Home
		Niobe source archive for 0.9.1476.21389 (01/19/2004 • 15146k • 769 downloads)
		This sample allows you to nominate a set of RSS feeds that can be imported in to folders within Outlook. Items within the RSS feed appear within a nominated folder as new post items. RSS han...
		This is the SDK required to generated Niobe add-ins within Visual Studio.NET 2003. Requires the same version of the runtime to be installed.
	www.gotdotnet.com /workspaces/workspace.aspx?id=e7071b93-7970-4962-a4c2-d72aa2cfbcff (182 words)

	Niobe Meeting - Pictures & Transcript - World Discussion - Recursion - The Matrix Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		For those of you who were around, Niobe held an impromptu meeting with The Kings of Never near one of the Cryptos boxes.
		Niobe: Yes Miggesch, we know how much of an asset Symmetric is.
		Niobe: Symmetric, you and the Kings have put this all together amazingly fast.
	mxoboards.station.sony.com /matrix/board/message?board.id=generalrecursion&message.id=15357 (943 words)

	Microsoft Watch: 'Niobe' Enters the Microsoft Matrix
		The prototype tool, code-named "Niobe," is designed to simplify the development of applications built on the Microsoft Outlook e-mail client.
		The lead developer on Niobe is Simon Guest, a program manager with Microsoft's.Net Enterprise Architecture Team.
		Niobe is "purely a prototype that he (Guest) developed and released," said David Lazar, director with Microsoft's Visual Tools Product Management Group.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_zdmsw/is_200402/ai_ziff118925 (534 words)

	Plant Pick: Clematis 'Niobe'
		Clematis 'Niobe' adds drama to a collection of clematis that may be heavy in the lavender and pink shades.
		It is included in pruning group two (also called group B), which means that initially it blooms on the previous year's wood; as the season progresses, more flowers come on from early spring growth.
		'Niobe' grows to about 10 feet, and needs a support around which it can twine its leaf stems.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /nwgardens/226833_plant04.html (323 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Vatican
		A Ganymede carried away by an eagle, a local goddess of a town in Antiochia, a Greek runner, and a fighting Persian are the most important among the numerous sculptures.
		Especially valuable is a sarcophagus with a representation in mezzo-rilievo of the tragedy of the daughters of Niobe.
		Prominent among the original Greek works are the Daughters of Niobe, a relief in Bœotian limestone, and the head of Neptune.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/15276b.htm (16595 words)

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