Niobe

Niobe in Wikipedia

Niobe (Νιόβη) was a daughter of Tantalus and the sister of Pelops, all of whom figure in Greek mythology. Her father was the ruler of a city called either under his name, as "Tantalis" [2] or "the city of Tantalus", or as "Sipylus", in reference to Mount Sipylus at the foot of which his city was located and whose ruins were reported to be still...

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Niobe in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

（Νιόβη). 1. A daughter of Phoroneus, and by Zeus the mother of Argus and Pelasgus. (Apollod. 2.1.1; Paus. 2.22.6; Plat. Tim. 22, b.) In other traditions she is called the mother of Phoroneus and wife of Inachus. 2. A daughter of Tantalus by the Pleiad Taygete or the Hyad Dione (Ov. Met. 6.174; Hyg. Fab. 9), or, according to others, a daughter ...

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