Niobe

Niobe mainly refers to the daughter of Tantalus, the Phrygian, and his wife Dione, and the sister of Pelops, who are all associated with Mount Sipylus in Western Anatolia.

Other Niobe mentioned in Greek mythology are;

• Niobe (rival of Aedon)
• Niobe (daughter of Phoroneus)

Niobe may also refer to:

Arts

• Niobe room, a room in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy - one of the oldest and most famous art museums in the world
• Niobe (musician), the moniker of German singer/songwriter Yvonne Cornelius
• Niobe, a lost play by Aeschylus
• 'tearless Niobe' , "Olga Poems" by Denise Levertov

Entertainment

• Deep Niobe, a fictional character in the Mangaseries Saint Seiya, authored by Masami Kurumada and later adapted to anime
• "Niobe", a song by Caribou from the album Andorra
• Niobe Kaftan, a character in Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series, in particular the protagonist of With a Tangled Skein
• Niobe (The Matrix), a character in the films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions
• Niobe of the Voreni, a character in the television series Rome

Science & technology

• 71 Niobe, an asteroid
• HMS Niobe, four ships of the Royal Navy
  • HMCS Niobe, a Diadem-class protected cruiser transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy
• German anti-aircraft cruiser Niobe, a German World War II vessel
• SMS Niobe a German Gazelle-class light cruiser
• Moss-forest Rat (Rattus niobe),a species of rodent in the Muridae family
• Niobe Fritillary (Argynnis niobe), a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family
• Niobe Ground Squirrel (Lariscus niobe), a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family
• Niobe's Shrew (Crocidura niobe), a species of mammal in the Soricidae family
• Orachrysops niobe, a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family
• Segelschulschiff Niobe (1922-1932), a tall ship used by the German Navy to train cadets and aspiring NCOs

See also

• Niobium, an element

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