Niobe

Niobe was married to King Amphion. She bore him two sons and two daughters. Niobe boasted of her four children to the goddess Leto who only had two children: the twins Apollo and Artemis. With arrows Artemis killed Niobe's daughters and Apollo killed Niobe's sons.

Overwhelmed by grief, Niobe fled to Mount Sipylus and petrified…

Pterodactyl by William McDonald

Mount Sipylus indeed has a natural rock formation which resembles a female face, and it has been associated with Niobe since ancient times.