Walter Benjamin’s Niobe and “Mythic Violence”
Proud of her ability to bear many children, Niobe — daughter of Tantalus, wife of Amphion — taunted the titan goddess Leto, who had mothered only two children, Apollo and Artemis. Leto’s children punished Niobe for her hubristic act by killing all of her children. On seeing this tragedy unfold, Niobe’s husband Amphion either killed […]
