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Niobe (other)
Niobe may refer to: Greek mythology *Niobe, daughter of Tantalus and Dione * Niobe, rival of Aedon, possibly identified with either of the other two Niobes: the daughter of Tantalus or the daughter of Phoroneus * Niobe (daughter of Phoroneus) Arts and entertainment *''Niobe'', a lost play by Aeschylus *''Niobe, regina di Tebe'', a 1688 opera by Agostino Steffani (1653–1728) *''Niobe'', an 1826 opera seria by composer Giovanni Pacini (1796-1867) *''The Destruction of the Children of Niobe'' (c. 1759–1760), a painting by Richard Wilson *Niobe room, a room in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy *''Tearless Niobe'', one of the "Olga Poems" by Denise Levertov *Niobe (film), ''Niobe'' (film), American silent film by Edwin S. Porter *Niobe (play), ''Niobe'' (play) 1892 farce by Harry Paulton *Niobe, German electronic musician who has provided vocals for artists such as Mouse On Mars *Deep Niobe, a fictional character in the manga series ''Saint Seiya'' *"Niobe", a song by Caribou fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niobe
In Greek mythology, Niobe (; grc-gre, Νιόβη ) was a daughter of Tantalus and of either Dione, the most frequently cited, or of Eurythemista or Euryanassa, the wife of Amphion and the sister of Pelops and Broteas. Her father was the ruler of a city located near Manisa in today's Aegean Turkey that was called "Tantalis" or "the city of Tantalus", or "Sipylus". The city was located at the foot of Mount Sipylus and its ruins were reported to be still visible at the beginning of the 1st century AD, although few traces remain today. Pliny reports that Tantalis was destroyed by an earthquake and the city of Sipylus (Magnesia ad Sipylum) was built in its place. Niobe's father is referred to as " Phrygian" and sometimes even as "King of Phrygia", although his city was located in the western extremity of Anatolia where Lydia was to emerge as a state before the beginning of the first millennium BC, and not in the traditional heartland of Phrygia, situated more inland. There are r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
