Niobe (daughter of Phoroneus)

In Greek mythology, Niobe (Ancient Greek: Νιόβη) was a daughter of Phoroneus and the mother by Zeus of Argus, who was the eponym of Argos^[1] and sometimes, Pelasgus. She is not to be confused with the more famous Niobe, who was punished for boasting that she had more children than Leto.^[2] According to Pausanias, the Argives of his day said that she had a daughter named Meliboea, later called Chloris, a statue of whom Praxiteles had crafted for the Sanctuary of Leto in Argos.^[3]

References

1. Bibliotheca 2.1.1–2; cf. Plato, Timaeus 22a.
2. West (1985, p. 98).
3. Pausanias 2.21.8–9; cf. Smith (1867, s.v. Niobe 2).

Bibliography

• Smith, G. (1867), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London.
• West, M.L. (1985), The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women: Its Nature, Structure, and Origins, Oxford, ISBN 0198140347.