(c. 455-450 BC)]]Niobe (?????) is a mortal woman in Greek mythology, daughter of Tantalus and Euryanassa, Eurythemista, Clytia, Dione, or Laodice, and the wife of Amphion of Thebes.Life She boasted of her superiority to Leto because while the goddess had only two children, the twins Apollo and Artemis, Niobe had fourteen children (the Niobids), seven male and seven female,The number varies. According to Iliad XXIV, there were twelve, six male, six female. Aelian (Varia Historia xii. 3