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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.
Why did Apollo and Diana attack Niobe?
Apollo and his twin sister Diana did not attack Niobe. They did however attack and kill Niobe's children because she had said to Leto, the mother of Apollo and Diana, that she (Niobe) was more of a mother who had 14 children than Leto who had only two.
Why did Artemis and Apollo kill niobes children?
Niobe insulted their mother, Leto in saying during one of Leto's festivals that she was as worthy of worship as Leto for being mother to seven sons and seven daughters while Leto had only one son and one daughter; in punishment for this boast, Leto had her children kill all of Niobe's (or all but one daughter and one son).
Was Artemis a mean girl?
It depends on what myth you look at... in many myths, Artemis is portrayed as a cruel, cold-hearted woman. She forces Iphigenia to be sacrificed, she kills many young hunters for spying on her or for boasting to be better than her at hunting and she kills anyone who tries to "frolic" with any of her maidens or nymphs. In the story of Orion, Artemis is kind and friendly to him, and hunts with him often. She also has an almost unbreakable bond with her brother, Apollo, showing she can be kind. Artemis and Apollo also protect their mother, Leto. When Niobe told her people to not worship Leto because she only had two kids and Niobe had fourteen, Apollo killed the seven boys with arrows of great pain, and Artemis killed the girls with painless, swift arrows. Depends on which myth you look at.
What is a summary of a myth including Artemis?
In Greek Mythology, Artemis was the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo the Sun god. She was the Hellenic goddess of forests and hills,child/birth virginity/fertility, and the hunt and was often depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows.The deer and the cypress were sacred to her. In later Hellenistic times she even assumed the ancient role of Eliethyia in aiding childbirth.
Why and how was Niobe punished by Artemis?
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.
What is the name of the mother who had 12 kids that Artemis and Apollo shot?
Her name was 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! :)
Is niobe and Artemis a myth?
Yes, it is a myth where Artemis killed the girl children (and Apollo the boys) of Niobe.
Whose seven daughters were slain by Artemis?
Artemis and Apollo killed Niobe's seven daughters and seven sons because she bragged that she was better than their mother, Leto. Niobe claimed that she was better because Leto only had 2 children while she had seven times as many.
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.
Who else besides Hera and Aphrodite were enemies with Artemis?
Anyone who cursed Leto, Artemis' mother, became an enemy of Artemis and paid dearly for it (ex: Niobe). Men who tried to rape her or her followers also became enemies of Artemis, and again, paid dearly for it.
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.
Why was the daughter of the Greek queen Chloris spared life by Artemis?
Chloris was one of Niobe and Amphione's fourteen children. Before then she was known as Meliboea. When Niobe insulted Artemis and Apollo's mother, Leto, Artemis and Apollo killed all of their children except one or two. One that was saved was Meliboea who then changed her name to Chloris meaning pale one, because she was so frightened by the event that she turned pale. Niobe bragged that she was better than Leto because Leto only had two children while she had fourteen, and as a result she lost them.
