Niobe (disambiguation)

Niobe may refer to:

Greek mythology

• Niobe, daughter of Tantalus and Dione
• Niobe, rival of Aedon, possibly identified with either of the other two Niobes: the daughter of Tantalus or the daughter of Phoroneus.
• Niobe (daughter of Phoroneus)

Arts

• Niobe, a lost play by Aeschylus
• Niobe, regina di Tebe, an opera by Agostino Steffani (1653-1728)
• Niobe room, a room in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
• Tearless Niobe, one of the "Olga Poems" by Denise Levertov
• [[Niobe (1905 play)|Niobe(1905 play) by Edward and Harry Paulton - long running stage production
• Niobe (1915 film), American silent film by Edwins S. Porter

Entertainment

• Niobe, German electronic musician who has provided vocals for artists such as Mouse On Mars.
• Deep Niobe, a fictional character in the Mangaseries Saint Seiya
• "Niobe", a song by Caribou from Andorra (album)
• Niobe Kaftan, a character in Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series
• Niobe (The Matrix), a character in the film The Matrix Reloaded.
• Niobe of the Voreni, a character in the television series Rome

Science and 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