Niobe

希腊神话人物，Thebes王后，Tantalus之女，生下七儿七女，无不美丽英俊，不断在勒托女神面前吹嘘，因为勒托女神仅阿波罗和阿尔忒弥斯两个子女，甚至自大到要求人们把自己当做神来崇拜而不是祭祀勒托女神，最后勒托女神忍无可忍，派阿波罗和阿尔忒弥斯杀死了她的十四个子女。尼俄伯悲伤不已，终日痛哭，最后化作雕像，成为悲伤的代名词。

Niobe

in Greek mythology, a queen of Thebes, daughter of Tantalus, changed to a stone while weeping for her children (slain, after she boasted of them overmuch, by Artemis and Apollo); hence the name is used figuratively for bereavement and woe. The name is said to mean literally "snowy; snowy-bright."