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)
• The Destruction of the Children of Niobe (c. 1759–1760), a painting by Richard Wilson
• Niobe room, a room in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
• Tearless Niobe, one of the "Olga Poems" by Denise Levertov
• Niobe (film), American silent film by Edwin 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 manga series 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
• Moss-forest rat (Rattus niobe), a species of rodent in the family Muridae
• Niobe fritillary (Argynnis niobe), a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae
• Niobe ground squirrel (Lariscus niobe), a species of rodent in the family Sciuridae
• Niobe's shrew (Crocidura niobe), a species of mammal in the family Soricidae
• Orachrysops niobe, a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae
• Niobe (trilobite), a genus of trilobites

Ships

• 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 of World War I
• Niobe (schooner) (1922–1932), a tall ship used by the German Navy to train cadets and aspiring NCOs
• MV Niobe I, a passenger ferry in service 1995-2000

See also

• Niobium, an element