Niobe
Family: mythological figures · Role: mythological woman · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 21
In Book 2, Chapter 21, Apollo and Artemis slew Niobe’s children, while Chloris and Amyclas survived after supplicating Leto. In Book 5, Chapter 11, the shooting down of Niobe’s children was depicted at Olympia.
In Book 8, Chapter 2, Niobe, daughter of Tantalus, became a stone; she was also said to weep on Mount Sipylus in summer. Earlier accounts name Argos as the son of Zeus and Niobe, daughter of Phoroneus, and describe Argus as Niobe’s son.
Relationship record
Life events
- Chloris and Amyclas survived Apollo and Artemis's slaughter of Niobe's children.(Book 2 · Chapter 21)
- With: Chloris Amyclas (son of Amphion) Apollo Artemis Leto
- “And when the children of Amphion and Niobe were slain by Apollo and Artemis, she alone and Amyclas were saved alive, as they supplicated Leto.”
- Apollo and Artemis shot down the children of Niobe.(Book 5 · Chapter 11 · 📍 Olympia)
- Niobe became a stone.(Book 8 · Chapter 2)
- With: Tantalus
- “and Niobe the daughter of Tantalus a stone.”
- Niobe was said to weep on Mount Sipylus.(Book 8 · Chapter 2 · 📍 Mount Sipylus)
- “Similarly they say that Niobe on Mount Sipylus weeps in summer time.”
Book 2 · Chapter 21
- child: Amyclas (son of Amphion) “when the children of Amphion and Niobe were slain by Apollo and Artemis, she alone and Amyclas were saved alive”
Book 2 · Chapter 22
- child: Argos “Argos, who was reputed to be the son of Zeus and Niobe the daughter of Phoroneus”
- parent: Phoroneus “Argos, who was reputed to be the son of Zeus and Niobe the daughter of Phoroneus”
Book 3 · Chapter 4
- child: Argus “which was sacred to Argus the son of Niobe.”
Book 5 · Chapter 11
- with Apollo (Apollo shoots down Niobe's children.) “and below the Sphinxes Apollo and Artemis shooting down the children of Niobe.”
- with Artemis (Artemis shoots down Niobe's children.) “and below the Sphinxes Apollo and Artemis shooting down the children of Niobe.”
Book 8 · Chapter 2
- parent: Tantalus “So one might well believe that Lycaon became a wolf, and Niobe the daughter of Tantalus a stone.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.