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Niobe <ref name="term_53120" /> | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_148331" /> == | ||
<p> Bibliography | <p> (n.) 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. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77263" /> == | |||
<p> In the Greek mythology the daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes, to whom she bore six sons and six daughters, in her pride of whom she rated herself above Leto, who had given birth to only two children, Apollo and Artemis, whereupon they, indignant at this insult to their mother, gave themselves for nine days to the slaughter of Niobe's offspring, and on the tenth the gods buried them; Niobe, in her grief, retired to Mount Sipylos, in Lydia, where her body became cold and rigid as stone, but not her tears, which, ever as the summer months returned, burst forth anew. </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_53120" /> == | |||
<p> '''Bibliography Information''' McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Niobe'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and [[Ecclesiastical]] Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/n/niobe.html. [[Harper]] & Brothers. New York. 1870. </p> | |||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_148331"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/niobe Niobe from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_77263"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/niobe Niobe from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_53120"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/niobe Niobe from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_53120"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/niobe Niobe from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:34, 13 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) 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.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
In the Greek mythology the daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes, to whom she bore six sons and six daughters, in her pride of whom she rated herself above Leto, who had given birth to only two children, Apollo and Artemis, whereupon they, indignant at this insult to their mother, gave themselves for nine days to the slaughter of Niobe's offspring, and on the tenth the gods buried them; Niobe, in her grief, retired to Mount Sipylos, in Lydia, where her body became cold and rigid as stone, but not her tears, which, ever as the summer months returned, burst forth anew.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
Bibliography Information McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Niobe'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/n/niobe.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
