Niobe (Argive)

This article is about the daughter of Phoroneus. For other uses, see Niobe (mythology).

In Greek mythology, Niobe (/ˈnaɪ.ə.biː/; 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. According to Acusilaus (sixth century BCE) and the Pseudo-Clemententine Writings (written in the third century CE) she is also the mother of Pelasgus. She is not to be confused with the more famous Niobe, who was punished for boasting that she had more children than Leto.

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