Niobids’s Family Tree

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Family

• Amphion(parent),Niobe(parent)— Marriage

  Amphion and Niobe ruled as king and queen of Thebes. The Niobids — their seven sons and seven daughters — were slain by Apollo and Artemis after Niobe boasted of surpassing Leto.

  ⚠ Homer (Iliad 24.604) counts six sons and six daughters; Hesiod (fr. 183 MW) gives ten of each; the Apollodoran and later tradition settles on seven and seven.

Slain by

• Apollo,Artemis

  Apollo struck down the sons of Niobe with his silver bow while they rode and wrestled on the plain before Thebes, and Artemis pierced the daughters one by one as they wept over their brothers' bodies — the slain Niobids left unburied for nine days.

  ⚠ Homer (Iliad 24.604) counts six sons and six daughters; Hesiod (fr. 183 MW) gives ten of each; the later tradition from Apollodorus and Ovid settles on seven and seven.