Apollo & Artemis Memory:
There was once in a place where Thebes, Greece was there, it was peaceful, laughable and happy city once before the queen was there Niobe, the queen of Thebes and wife of King Amphion, She always feel she is superior then any others and she feel she can fertility a lot of child and compare herself as Leto. She is nothings but a selfish woman who only love to compare herself with others.
One mistake have cause her and all her citizen death.
One fine afternoon when she met Leto in the open market and insulted her for her affair with Zeus the king of God and say the following:
It was on occasion of the annual celebration in honor of Latona and her offspring, Apollo and Diana, when the people of Thebes were assembled, their brows crowned with laurel, bearing frankincense to the altars and paying their vows, that Niobe appeared among the crowd. Her attire was splendid with gold and gems, and her face as beautiful as the face of an angry woman can be. She stood and surveyed the people with haughty looks. "What folly," said she, "is this! to prefer beings whom you never saw to those who stand before your eyes! Why should Latona be honored with worship rather than I? My father was Tantalus, who was received as a guest at the table of the gods; my mother was a goddess. My husband built and rules this city, Thebes; and Phrygia is my paternal inheritance. Wherever I turn my eyes I survey the elements of my power; nor is my form and presence unworthy of a goddess. To all this let me add, I have seven sons and seven daughters, and look for sons-in-law and daughters-in-law of pretensions worthy of my alliance. Have I not cause for pride? Will you prefer to me this Latona, the Titan's daughter, with her two children? I have seven times as many. Fortunate indeed am I, and fortunate I shall remain! Will any one deny this?
This have cause the massacre of Niobids, where the King of God fury and thunder stuck on the land of Thebes, killing the citizen of Thebes and Leto send her children Apollo & Artemis to kill all her children but they spare 2 Niobids out of 14, Chloris (Daughter) & Amyclas (Son), as both of them have help Apollo & Artemis before (Story of next time).
King of Thebes, Amphion at the sight of his dead sons, killed himself having sworn revenge. Devastated, Niobe fled back to Mount Sipylus[11] and was turned into stone, and, as she wept unceasingly, waters started to pour from her petrified complexion. Mount Sipylus indeed has a natural rock formation which resembles a female face, and it has been associated with Niobe since ancient times and described by Pausanias. The rock formation is also known as the "Weeping Rock" (Turkish: Ağlayan Kaya), since rainwater seeps through its porous limestone.
Remark: Sorry for the delay as I was busy with my kids exam and will try to continue in Nov 2014. Have a nice day to all!
Update 21st Oct 2014
