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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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