Niobe is a woman who compares herself to a goddess. She believes she has given birth to twelve children (six boys and six girls), while the goddess Leto (the god Apollo and the goddess Artemis). The Olympus god does not believe it. The goddess Leto is offended by Niobe's lies. So Leto sends her children, Apollo and Artemis to hurt Niobe. Apollo, shot his silver longbow whip and sing, shot the lads down, and Artemis, shot his raining arrows and killed the daughters. Niobe was devastated when her children were killed. She cried for days on end, and finally was transformed into a stone, but this stone monumented and sheds tears.
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