NIOBE


Meaning of NIOBE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnī-ə-bē ]

noun

Etymology: Latin, from Greek Niobē

Date: 14th century

: a daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion who while weeping for her slain children is turned into a stone from which her tears continue to flow

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