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  1. Niobe
    [ship] Several ships have borne the name Niobe, after the figure of Niobe in Greek mythology ...
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  2. Niobe
    [schooner] The Segelschulschiff Niobe was a tall ship used by the German Navy to train cadets and aspiring NCOs. She sank during a sudden squall on 26 July 1932. At Gammendorfer Strand on Fehmarn island, within view of the site of the sinking, the Niobe-Denkmal monument was erected. == Const...
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  3. Niobe
    [The Matrix] Niobe (played by actress Jada Pinkett Smith) is a fictional character in the video game Enter the Matrix and the two feature films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. Niobe also appears in the MMORPG The Matrix Online. In the game, however, Niobe`s character voicing ...
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  4. Niobe
    Mythological woman punished by the gods for boasting that she was the equal of the goddess Leto.
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  5. Niobe
    daughter of Tantalus and sister of Pelops, mother of twelve sons and twelve daughters in the Homeric traditions, who boasted that she was superior to Leto who had only two children; Leto, hurt by Niobe's remarks was avenged by her two Children Apollo and Artemis who slaughtered Niobe's children; use...
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  6. Niobe
    In Greek mythology, the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion
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  7. Niobe
    Ni'o·be noun [ Latin Nioba , Niobe , Greek ....] (Class, Myth.) The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes. Her pride in her children provoked Apollo and Diana, who slew them all. Niobe herself was changed by the g...
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  8. niobe
    The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes. Her pride in her children provoked Apollo and Diana, who slew them all. Niobe herself was changed by the gods into stone. ... Origin: L. Nioba, Niobe, gr. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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  1. Niobe
    noun (Greek mythology) the daughter of Tantalus whose boasting about her children provoked Apollo and Artemis to slay them all; Niobe was turned to stone while bewailing her loss
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  2. Niobe
    • (n.) The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes. Her pride in her children provoked Apollo and Diana, who slew them all. Niobe herself was changed by the gods into stone. • (n.) The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes. Her pride in her children pr...
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  3. Niobe
    in Greek mythology, the daughter of Tantalus (king of Sipylus in Lydia) and wife of King Amphion of Thebes. She was the prototype of the bereaved ... [1 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/n/43

  4. Niobe
    Niobe is a Greek girl name. The meaning of the name is `Fern` The name Niobe doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Niobe seems to be unique!
    Found op http://www.pregnology.com/index.php?girls/Niobe

  5. Niobe
    Niobe (nī'ōbē) , in Greek mythology, queen of Thebes, wife of Amphion and daughter of Tantalus. The mother of six sons and six daughters, she boasted of her fruitfulness, saying that Leto had only two children. Apollo and Artemis, angry at this insult to their mother, killed al...
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  6. Niobe
    In Greek mythology, Niobe was the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion, the king of Thebes. She was contemptuous of the goddess Leto for having produced only two children, Apollo and Artemis. She died of grief when her own 12 offspring were killed by them in revenge, and was changed to stone by ...
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  7. Niobe
    [daughter of Phoroneus] In Greek Mythology, Niobe (Νιόβη) was a daughter of Phoroneus and the mother by Zeus of Argus, who was the eponym of Argos. She is not to be confused with the more famous Niobe, who was punished for boasting that she had more children that Leto. According to Paus...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niobe_(daughter_of_Phoroneus)

  8. niobe
    1) Crier of greek myth 2) Daughter of tantalus 3) Daughter of tantalus who was turned to stone 4) Greek girl name 5) Greek weeper 6) Legendary lamenter 7) Leto's taunter 8) Mournful mother of myth 9) Mythical queen of thebes 10) M...
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