Niobids
The Niobids are the children of Niobe. They died as a result of Niobe's blasphemous boast.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 1583
- Historical notes
- Myth attested in a 5th century BCE play by Sophocles.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Astycrateia, Leto
- enemy of
- Apollo, Artemis (Diana), Diana
- child of
- Niobe
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“the arrogant queen Niobe and how her blasphemous boast cost the lives of her children, the Niobids.”
#42192 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Due to their appearance in the mythology of Apollo, male and female Niobids frequently appeared in classical art. One of the two ivory reliefs added to the doors of the Temple of Apollo Palatinus in its Augustan rebuild depicted their death”
#42662 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“The subject of Niobe and the destruction of the Niobids was part of the repertory of Attic vase-painters and inspired sculpture groups and wall frescoes as well as relief carvings on Roman sarcophagi. A lifesize group of marble Niobids, including one of Niobe sheltering one of her daughters, found in Rome in 1583”
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