Greek Mythology

Niobe (daughter of Phoroneus)

Also known as: Niobe · Family: Argive · Role: princess · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 2.1

Apollodorus, Library 2.1

  • parent: Phoroneus “Phoroneus, reigning over the whole land afterwards named Peloponnese , begat Apis and Niobe by a nymph Teledice.”
  • parent: Teledice “Phoroneus, reigning over the whole land afterwards named Peloponnese , begat Apis and Niobe by a nymph Teledice.”
  • child: Argus (son of Zeus) “But Niobe had by Zeus ( and she was the first mortal woman with whom Zeus cohabited) a son Argus, and also, so says Acusilaus, a son Pelasgus”
  • child: Pelasgus “But Niobe had by Zeus ( and she was the first mortal woman with whom Zeus cohabited) a son Argus, and also, so says Acusilaus, a son Pelasgus”

Apollodorus, Library 3.8

  • child: Pelasgus “Pelasgus, who, Acusilaus says, was a son of Zeus and Niobe”

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