Unfreezes mortals

As the prayers were going on and on, Queen Niobe couldn’t stand it anymore.
“Oh, that’s not so special!” she said to the audience. “I don’t think Leto’s any more beautiful or courageous than I am. Besides, she only had two children. I had fourteen amazing children!”
O-o-o-o-kay. Bad move.
Halfway across the world, Apollo and Artemis heard the insult and came flying with their bows at the ready.
They descended on Thebes and a wave of terror spread across the city. Everyone turned to stone except for the queen and her family.

As for her dead family, they weren’t buried for nine days. The bodies just lay in the streets of Thebes, attracting flies and getting grosser and more, um, python, while the rest of the townspeople were frozen as statues.
Finally, Zeus too pity on Thebes. He un¬ froze the people and allowed them to bury the royal family. Nobody in Thebes ever insulted Leto again, but I’m pretty sure Apollo and Artemis weren’t very popular


GG pg.787,789