niobe

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Noun

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Ni=o=be

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun niobe has 1 sense

niobe(n = noun.person) - (Greek mythology) the daughter of Tantalus whose boasting about her children provoked Apollo and Artemis to slay them all; Niobe was turned to stone while bewailing her loss;

is a kind of

mythical being

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CIDE DICTIONARY

niobe, n. [L. Nioba, Niobe, Gr. .].

The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes. Her pride in her children provoked Apollo and Diana, who slew them all. Niobe herself was changed by the gods into stone. [1913 Webster]