14. 7 boys. and 7 girls
They never had children; the children of Amphion and Niobe were killed by Leto's children Apollo and Artemis.
Niobe and Amphion.
Niobe and Amphion.
Niobe of Tantalus
The seven sons of Niobe, Queen of Thebes, were slain by Apollo as punishment for her boasting about her children and insulting the goddess Leto. Niobe's sons were killed by Artemis and Apollo with lethal arrows.
The children of Niobe - novel - has 4 pages.
Apollo killed the seven sons of Amphion and Niobe. Artemis killed the daughters.
Niobe was a woman who boasted that she was more fertile than the goddess Leto as she had many children (accounts vary) whereas Leto had only two, Artemis and Apollo. In revenge Leto sent her two children to kill all of Niobe's, Niobe wept with grief and was turned into a rock, still crying.
Apollo and his twin sister Diana did not attack Niobe. They did however attack and kill Niobe's children because she had said to Leto, the mother of Apollo and Diana, that she (Niobe) was more of a mother who had 14 children than Leto who had only two.
Yes, it is a myth where Artemis killed the girl children (and Apollo the boys) of Niobe.
Niobe, Pelops, Broteas.
That they each offend a very important person, face divine curses and deal with unburied Theban dead are reasons why Antigone compares herself to Niobe in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone must decide what to do about an unburied dead brother. Lydian Princess Niobe, wife of Theban wall builder Amphion, must deal with her unburied dead children. Their predicaments are aggravated by divine curses and offensive attitudes and behaviors towards very important people. For example, Antigone offends Creon, her uncle and her sovereign, while Niobe is offensive to Leto, goddess and mother of Zeus' children Apollo and Artemis.