Niobe (Snowy). In Greek MythologyNike (Goddess). In Greek mythology, Nike is the winged godde… More, the daughter of Tantalus and Dione; the wife of Amphion; said to be the mother of seven daughters and seven sons. NiobeNiobe (Snowy). In Greek Mythology, the daughter of Tantalus … More taunted Leto, the mother of Apollo and Artemis for having only two children. Apollo and Artemis as punishment, killed all of her children but Chloris, (Wife of Neleus and mother of Nestor). The Olympians buried the children, and NiobeNiobe (Snowy). In Greek Mythology, the daughter of Tantalus … More was transfigured into stone, still dripping tears on Mt. Sipylus in Lydia. The myth appears in:

• The Iliad – Homer (Book 24)
• Theogany – Hesiod
• Metamorphoses – Ovid (Book 6)
• The Divine Comedy – Dante (Purgatory, Canto 12)

In the Divine Comedy, “The P is erased NiobeNiobe (Snowy). In Greek Mythology, the daughter of Tantalus … More is shadowed as one of the figures of defeated Pride. She is commonly shown vainly attempting to save her children as depicted here.