In Greek mythology, Niobe was a daughter of Tantalus and of either Dione or of Eurythemista or Euryanassa. Niobe was the wife of Amphion and the sister of Pelops and Broteas.
A 1772 painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting Niobe attempting to shield her children from Artemis and Apollo
Woodcut illustration of Niobe, Amphion and their dead sons, ca. 1474 – Penn Provenance Project
Jacques-Louis David, Niobe and Her Daughter, 1775–80, black ink with gray wash over graphite on laid paper, overall: 15.2 x 14 cm (6 × 5 1/2 in.), NGA 107057
The Weeping Rock in Mount Sipylus, Manisa, Turkey, has been associated with Niobe's legend since Antiquity.
Tantalus, also called Atys, was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his punishment in Tartarus: for trying to trick the gods into eating his son, he was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he could take a drink.
Tantalus by Gioacchino Assereto
Karagöl ("The black lake") in Mount Yamanlar, İzmir, Turkey, associated with the accounts surrounding Tantalus and named after him as Lake Tantalus
Print of the fall of Tantalus. Preserved in the Ghent University Library.
Engraving by Hendrik Goltzius and C. Cornelius (1588)
