{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60469867d9c0ce1eb56a8049/65392765fc473400126f3eb2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Sorrows of Niobe","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60469867d9c0ce1eb56a8049/1698244441106-cc262ee961f48f451ff155d5f2b7f984.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>fWhite Ash Flies presents, The Sorrows of Niobe: From Book 6 of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, published in 8 CE, in which the goddess Latona makes Niobe pay dearly for her presumption, just as in the preceding story, Arachne was punished by Minerva for her presumption: surpassing the goddess in a weaving competition. The translation into English from Latin is Arthur Golding’s, published in 1567.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Colin Mahoney"}