Niobe

American  

[nahy-oh-bee] / ˈnaɪ oʊˌbi /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. the daughter of Tantalus and wife of Amphion of Thebes. She provoked Apollo and Artemis to vengeance by taunting their mother, Leto, with the number and beauty of her own children; Niobe's children were slain and Zeus turned her into stone, in which state she continued to weep over her loss.

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Niobe British  

/ ˈnaɪəbɪ, naɪˈəʊbɪən /

noun

1. Greek myth a daughter of Tantalus, whose children were slain after she boasted of them: although turned into stone, she continued to weep

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Other Word Forms

• Niobean adjective

Example Sentences

A key resource in expanding “Close” beyond Dhont’s own experiences was psychologist Niobe Way’s 2013 book “Deep Secrets: Boys’ Friendships and the Crisis of Connection.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2023

In just one speech Hamlet compares his father to the titan Hyperion, his uncle to a satyr and his mother to weeping Niobe, while contrasting his waffling, contemplative self with the forceful Hercules.

From Washington Post • May 22, 2019

Another researcher, Niobe Way, studied boys who, in early high school, were willing to call other boys their best friends and say that they love them—to depend on them utterly.

From Slate • May 7, 2019

Niobe Way New York The writer is a professor of developmental psychology at New York University.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2018

None of them suffered a worse doom than his daughter Niobe.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton