Niobid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the children of Amphion of Thebes and Niobe, slain by Apollo and Artemis because Niobe, born of the royal house of Phrygia, had boastfully compared the greater number of her own offspring with those of Leto, Apollo's and Artemis' mother.

Word forms

Niobid Niobids
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