Daughter of Phoroneus and sister of Apis; the first mortal woman with whom Zeus lay, and mother of Argus who named the city and land of Argos after himself.1
Apollodorus names Niobe beside Apis among the children Phoroneus begat on the nymph Teledice. She was the first mortal woman with whom Zeus cohabited, and bore him a son Argus; Acusilaus, Apollodorus adds, also made her mother of Pelasgus, after whom some called the Peloponnese Pelasgia.2
Hyginus' Argive genealogy calls her Nioba, daughter of Phoroneus and Cinna, the first mortal embraced by Jove and mother of Argus who gave the city its name.3
At Argos, Pausanias saw the grave of Argus reputed to be the son of Zeus and of Niobe, daughter of Phoroneus — the Argive Niobe kept in the local king-list, distinct from the Theban queen of the same name.4
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