Niobe
Grief turned stone
Niobe is a figure from Greek mythology—a queen whose boast that her many children made her superior to the goddess Leto brought divine punishment.
Apollo and Artemis killed all her children, and Niobe wept until she turned to stone.
A Niobe is thus someone consumed by inconsolable grief, especially for lost children: She sat like Niobe, weeping for what could not be undone.
Deep emotional distress
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- weepingShedding tears audibly
tears · maternal · loss · children · bereavement · tragedy · inconsolable · eternal
Of Athenian origin
- TantalusMythic king eternally denied
- ApolloSun deity, moonshot namesake
- ArtemisGreek hunting goddess
- ZeusGreek sky god
Thebes · hubris · punishment · divine · retribution · Ovid · Metamorphoses · legend
sorrow
Deep emotional distress
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
weeping · tears · maternal · loss · children · bereavement · tragedy · inconsolable · eternal · endless
Greek
Of Athenian origin
Zeus · Thebes · hubris · punishment · divine · retribution · Ovid · Metamorphoses · legend · ancient
stone
Solid earth fragment
immobile · statue · hardened · calcified · weeping rock · monument · effigy · stillness · permanence · transformation
space
Unoccupied area or interval
telescope · discovery · 1861 · Luther · solar system