niobe

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I do like the title for the next one though. at least that would force open a few minds ... on an unrelated note, I was so very happy to finally meet you, even if it did take this to make it happen. you continue to inspire me in so many ways, so thank you. niobe wrote:

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  1. 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.

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  1. (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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  • I do like the title for the next one though. at least that would force open a few minds ... on an unrelated note, I was so very happy to finally meet you, even if it did take this to make it happen. you continue to inspire me in so many ways, so thank you. niobe wrote: —  Coming2Terms
  • Not any of the daffodil tribe suit my famishing prisoners, who allow themselves to die of inanition on the leaves of the following genera, the only varieties with which the modest resources of my garden have allowed me to experiment: asphodel, funkia, or niobe, agapanthus, or African lily, tritelia, hemerocallis, or day lily, tritoma, garlic, ornithogalum, or star of Bethlehem, squill, hyacinth, muscari, or grape-hyacinth. —  The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles
 

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