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Niobe claimed that she was better than Leto, the mother of Artemis and Apollo, because she had seven sons and seven daughters while Leto only had one of each. To avenge their mother, Artemis and Apollo killed Niobe's children, Artemis targeting the girls and Apollo targeting the boys.
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What did Tantalus daughter do and how was she punished?
Niobe, daughter of Tantalus: told her people to stop worshiping Leto and Apollo and Artemis, for Niobe thought herself and her children greater then those gods and goddesses. She was punished by her six sons and six daughters dying at the hands of Apollo and Artemis: some myths claim a daughter or/and son survived.
Is niobe and Artemis a myth?
Yes, it is a myth where Artemis killed the girl children (and Apollo the boys) of Niobe.
What has Artemis the greek goddess done that is bad?
Niobe bragged that she was better than their mother since she had more kids to Apollo and Artemis. Artemis and Apollo took revenge and killed most of Niobe's children Hope that helps! :)
Artemis killed the seven daughters of which greek?
Niobe and Amphion.
What is the name of daughter if Tantalus whose children were slain by Artemis and Apollo with poisoned arrow?
The daughter's name is Niobe. She boasts to Leto that she is more blessed because she has more children than her. In some versions, Niobe pokes fun that Artemis dresses like a man. Outraged Leto sends her children, Artemis and Apollo, to attack Niobe's children. Artemis kills Niobe's daughters and Apollo kills Niobe's sons. In most accounts, all of the children die except for one or two. Niobe, sadden, travels to the top of a mountain and cries until she turns into a stone with her tears flowing as rivers.
Whose 7 sons were slain by Artemis?
Niobe, an arrogant queen.
Whose seven sons were slain by Artemis?
Apollo killed the seven sons of Amphion and Niobe. Artemis killed the daughters.
What is the name of the mother who had 12 kids that Artemis and Apollo shot?
Her name was Niobe.
What is the myth associated with Artemis?
Niobe was the queen of Thebes who bragged that she was better than Leto, the mother of Artemis and Apollo, because she had seven sons and seven daughters while Leto only had one of each. To avenge their mother's honor, Apollo killed the seven sons and Artemis killed the seven daughters. Because Niobe was so grieve stricken, the gods changed her into a rock.
Whose seven sons were slain by Apollo?
The seven sons of Niobe, Queen of Thebes, were slain by Apollo as punishment for her boasting about her children and insulting the goddess Leto. Niobe's sons were killed by Artemis and Apollo with lethal arrows.
Who did Artemis kill by accident?
Orion. In that version of the myth, Artemis had once loved Orion, but Apollo tricked her into killing him because he was overprotective of her. It should be noted that there are many other versions of this myth.
What was Greek goddess Artemis's crime?
Artemis murdered Leimon, Niobe's six children, Aktaion, Orion, Otos and Ephialtes, Adois, Bouphagoes, Tityos, and Python.
