Niobe (Argive)

In Greek mythology, Niobe (/ˈn.ə.b/; ‹See Tfd›Greek: Νιόβη [ni.óbɛː]: Nióbē) was a daughter of Phoroneus and Teledice and the mother by Zeus of Argus, who was the eponym of Argos.[1] According to Acusilaus (sixth century BCE) and the Pseudo-Clemententine Writings (written in the third century CE) she is also the mother of Pelasgus.[2][3] She is not to be confused with the more famous Niobe, who was punished for boasting that she had more children than Leto.[4]

  1. ^ Apollodorus, 2.1.1-2
  2. ^ Acusilaus Fr. 12 in Fragmenta Historica Graecorum Vol. 1, p.101. = Apollodorus, 2.1.1-2
  3. ^ Pseudo-Clement, Recognitions 10.21
  4. ^ West (1985, p. 98).