Dead son of Niobe

Roman copy of a figure which belonged to a group of Greek statues. The group represented the killing of Niobe's children by Apollo and Artemis because she boasted she was a better mother than the titaness Leto. The boy has been shot down with an arrow. Niobe, in Greek mythology, is the daughter of Tantalus (king of Sipylus in Lydia) and the wife of King Amphion of Thebes. She was the prototype of the bereaved mother, weeping for the loss of her children. According to Homer's Iliad, she had six sons and six daughters and boasted of her progenitive superiority to the Titan Leto, who had only two children, the twin deities Apollo and Artemis. As punishment for her pride, Apollo killed all Niobe's sons, and Artemis killed all her daughters. The 2nd-century-BCE mythographer Apollodorus (Library, Book III) mentions the survival of Chloris, who became the wife of Neleus and the mother of Nestor. The bodies of the dead children lay for nine days unburied because Zeus had turned all the Thebans to stone, but on the 10th day they were buried by the gods. Niobe went back to her Phrygian home, where she was turned into a rock on Mount Sipylus (Yamanlar Dağı, northeast of Izmir, Turkey), which continues to weep when the snow melts above it This object is part of Scan The World. Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email [e-mail] to find out how you can help.本件为一组希腊雕像群中某一形象的罗马复刻品。该雕像群取材于阿波罗（Apollo）与阿尔忒弥斯（Artemis）诛杀尼俄柏（Niobe）子女的神话：尼俄柏曾自诩比泰坦女神勒托（Leto）更称职的母亲，因而招致神罚。本件形象为被箭射中的孩童。 在希腊神话中，尼俄柏（Niobe）是吕底亚西皮罗斯国王坦塔罗斯（Tantalus）之女，同时也是底比斯国王安菲翁（Amphion）的妻子。她是丧亲母亲的经典原型，终日为失去子女而哀恸。据荷马《伊利亚特》（Iliad）记载，尼俄柏育有六子六女，并自诩生育能力远超仅育有双子——太阳神阿波罗（Apollo）与狩猎女神阿尔忒弥斯（Artemis）——的泰坦女神勒托（Leto）。 为惩戒其傲慢，阿波罗诛杀了尼俄柏的所有儿子，阿尔忒弥斯则屠戮了她的所有女儿。公元前2世纪的神话学家阿波洛多罗斯（Apollodorus）在其著作《书库》（Library）第三卷中提及，克洛里斯（Chloris）侥幸存活，后来成为涅琉斯（Neleus）之妻，亦是奈斯托耳（Nestor）的母亲。因宙斯（Zeus）将所有底比斯人化为石像，遇害孩童的尸体曾九日无人安葬，直至第十日才由众神收葬。尼俄柏返回其弗里吉亚故乡，最终在西皮罗斯山（Yamanlar Dağı，土耳其伊兹密尔东北部）化为石像，每当山顶积雪融化时，该石像仿佛仍在流泪。 本件藏品隶属于「扫描世界（Scan The World）」项目。该项目由MyMiniFactory发起，为非盈利公益计划，旨在打造全球范围内可全3D打印的雕塑、艺术品与地标建筑的数字档案库，供公众免费获取。「扫描世界」是一项开源社区共建项目，若您身边有合适的藏品并希望参与贡献，可发送邮件至[e-mail]了解参与方式。