Leto Thebes and wife of Amphion, boasted of her superiority to Leto because she had fourteen children (Niobids), seven sons and seven daughters, while Leto had only two. For her hubris, Apollo killed her sons as they practiced athletics, and Artemis killed her daughters. Apollo and Artemis used poisoned arrows to kill them, though according to some versions a number of the Niobids were spared (Chloris, usually). Amphion, at the sight of his dead sons, either killed himself or was killed by Zeus after swearing revenge. A devastated Niobe fled to Mount Sipylus in Asia Minor and either turned to stone
Son of God (TV series) and New Zealand. "Son of God" was devised in 1999, and was produced and joint-sponsored by BBC Manchester and the Discovery Channel in association with France 3 and Jerusalem Productions. The show was directed by Jean-Claude Bragard—whose previous BBC work had included "Kicking & Screaming – A History of Football" and the documentary series "Panorama"—and the executive producer was Ruth Pitt, who had worked on documentaries such as "42 Up" and Channel 4's "The State of Marriage". During its promotion, Pitt described "Son of God" as "the most complete biography of Jesus that [had] ever been done". Jeremy Bowen, a