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 and entertainment

 * Niobe, a lost play by Aeschylus
 * Niobe, regina di Tebe, a 1688 opera by Agostino Steffani (1653–1728)
 * Niobe, an 1826 opera seria by composer Giovanni Pacini (1796-1867)
 * 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
 * Niobe (play) 1892 farce by Harry Paulton


 * 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 Vorena, 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