Niobe and her slain children. Engraved illustration

Niobe and her slain children. Engraved illustration from The Temple of the Muses, 1733. This book represented remarkable events of antiquity drawn and engraved by Bernard Picart (1673-1733). In Greek mythology, Niobe was punished by Leto, who sent Apollo and Artemis to slay all of her children. Niobe boasted of her fourteen children, seven male and seven female (the Niobids), to Leto who only had two children, the twins Apollo and Artemis

1673-1733 1733 Artemis Boasted Fourteen Leto Muses Niobe Picart Punished Remarkable Represented Slain Slay Twins

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