How to use in-sentence of “niobe”:
– Furthermore, the conflict between Niobe and Leto is mentioned in one of Sappho’s poetic fragments, 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.
– There are various accounts about how and where Niobe died; the story that returns Niobe from Thebes to her Lydian homeland is recorded in “Bibliotheke” 3.46.
– The appearance of the rock on Sipylus gave rise to the story of Niobe having been turned to stone.
– However, Niobe makes a mistake and the machines come after them.
– The story of Niobe is an ancient one among Greeks: Niobe is mentioned by Achilles to Priam in Homer’s “Iliad” book XXIV, as a stock type for mourning.
– According to some, Niobe is the goddess of snow and winter, whose children, slain by Apollo and Artemis, symbolize the ice and snow melted by the sun in spring; according to others, she is an earth-goddess, whose progeny – vegetation and the fruits of the soil – is dried up and slain every summer by the shafts of the sun-god.
– In Greek mythology, Niobe was the daughter of the semi-legendary ruler Tantalus, called the “Phrygian” and sometimes even as “King of Phrygia” Tantalus ruled in Sipylus, a city located at the western end of Anatolia.
– The tragic story of Niobe was a favourite subject in literature and art.
