Niobe
Sign in to savethumb|Paestan lekythos depicting Niobe turning to stone, c. 330 B.C, [[Altes Museum, Berlin]]
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thumb|Paestan lekythos depicting Niobe turning to stone, c. 330 B.C, [[Altes Museum, Berlin]]
Niobe (; : Nióbē) was in Greek mythology a daughter of Tantalus and of either Dione or of Eurythemista or Euryanassa. She was the wife of Amphion and the sister of Pelops and Broteas.