Leto and Niobe (Museo archeologico Napoli)

Leto and Niobe



Niobe had bragged she be a better mother than Leto, because she has 7 sons and 7 daughters and Leto only 2. But Leto's twins are called Apollo and Artemis. Leto's revenge is horrible. Here she pleading with Leto who ignores her. On the foreground one of het children playing astragaloi


Leto  and Niobe
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