ID: 901001944 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001944	Record Type: Character/Person

	Niobe (Greek character)

Note: In Greek mythology, the daughter of Tantalus (king of Sipylus in Lydia) and wife of King Amphion of Thebes. She was the prototype of the bereaved mother, weeping for the loss of her children. According to Homer’s Iliad, she had six sons and six daughters and boasted of her progenitive superiority to the Titan Leto, who had only two children, the twin deities Apollo and Artemis. As punishment for her pride, Apollo killed all Niobe’s sons, and Artemis killed all her daughters.

Names:

	Niobe (Greek character) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Νιόβη (Greek character) (Greek,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Greek iconography> (P)
		........<Greek characters> (G)
		............Niobe (Greek character) (I)

Related Iconography:

	parent of .... Niobids
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Niobids (Greek characters)) [901000720]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... character (person by activity)
	.....(people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Greek (culture or style)
	.....(Aegean periods, Aegean, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Niobe (Greek character)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 88003032
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 95B(Niobe)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Νιόβη (Greek character)
	................Wikipedia (2000-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niobe

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Niobe," accessed 6 July 2017