Niobe's tears

Tantalus suffered three great tortures in hell, and he also had a beautiful daughter-Naomi. Niobie's husband, Amphine, was the king of Thebes. She not only has a beautiful appearance and noble temperament, but also gave birth to seven handsome sons and seven beautiful daughters. Naomi was too proud, and her arrogance brought disaster.

One day, tiresias's daughter, a blind prophet, was enchanted? He ordered the women of Thebes to come out to worship Leto, the goddess of darkness, and her children ―― Apollo, the sun god, and themis, the goddess of moon and hunting. When the women went out to attend the sacrifice, Naomi said proudly, "Leto is just the unknown daughter of Titan. She gave birth to two children in a short time." . I am nobler than her. My grandfather is the famous Zeus, my father is the famous Tantalus, and my mother is the beautiful and noble Dione. I raised seven daughters as beautiful as flowers and seven strong sons. I am the happiest person in the world. Stop doing stupid things here and go home. "

Naomi's words made Leto very angry. She said to her children, "I am extremely proud to have given birth to you. I am no less humble than any goddess except Hera, but today I was insulted by a secular woman. How hateful she is! " The sun god comforted his mother and said, "Don't be angry, she will pay for her actions." After that, the brother and sister came to the country of Naomi.

At this time, Naomi's seven sons are playing outside the city gate. Some are riding fierce wild horses, while others are having fierce races. The eldest son is riding a horse. Suddenly, an arrow hit his heart and he immediately fell off his horse. Then, six other sons were also shot by Apollo's arrows.

Unfortunately, it soon spread all over the city, and the child's father, Anfien, heard the bad news and drew his sword and committed suicide. Servants and subjects began to cry sadly, and the crying immediately spread to the inner palace. Naomi doesn't believe this is true. In grief, she hugged her son's body and swore to heaven: "Leto, you cruel woman, you should be satisfied now!"

At this time, Naomi's seven daughters came to her side in mourning, and they looked sadly at her seven brothers who died tragically. When Niobe saw her daughter, she proudly said to the sky, "Even if I encounter misfortune, I am happier than you;" Even in a severe disaster, I am richer than you. I have seven well-behaved daughters! "

Words haven't say that finish, the sound of bowstring in the air. Suddenly, a daughter covered her chest and finally fell beside her brother's body. Then, another daughter fell silently, and others were shot one after another, leaving only the youngest daughter.

"Leave the last one to me, she is the youngest." No matter how Naomi begged, the child still didn't escape the fate of death. Naomi sat alone beside the bodies of her husband and children. Gradually, her face lost its luster, her eyes glazed over, her blood stopped flowing, her whole body gradually hardened, and finally she turned to stone. Then a gust of wind blew, took her across the ocean, sent her back to her hometown, and put her on the cliff in west Buraas. From then on, Naomi became a stone statue and stood there quietly. It is said that until now she is still there with tears of sadness and regret.

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