Apollo and Diana
Preserved but no longer current.
Latona commanded her children to avenge the insult, and they caused all the sons and daughters of Niobe to die. Niobe was inconsolable, wept herself to death, and was changed into a stone, from which ran water, "Like Niobe, ail "ears" (Hamlet, i,2).
Latona ra lệnh cho các đứa con của mình trả thù sự xúc phạm, và chúng khiến tất cả các con trai và con gái của Niobe đều chết
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Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Apollo and Diana” mean?
Latona commanded her children to avenge the insult, and they caused all the sons and daughters of Niobe to die. Niobe was inconsolable, wept herself to death, and was changed into a stone, from which ran water, "Like Niobe, ail "ears" (Hamlet, i,2).
Is “Apollo and Diana” formal or informal?
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