In Greek mythology, Niobe is the daughter of Tantalus. She was the wife of Amphion, a master of the lyre, and the couple had seven sons and seven daughters, or ten sons and ten daughters, or six sons and six daughters. Niobe was blessed with many children, and boasted that she was superior to Leto, who only had one son and one daughter, Apollo and Artemis, with Zeus. In anger, Leto sought revenge on her children, and Apollo shot and killed Niobe's son and Artemis shot and killed her daughter. One theory is that her father, Amphion, was also shot and killed at the same time. Her mother, Niobe, turned into a stone in grief, and the stone is said to be on Mount Cyprus in Lydia. Alternatively, Niobe fled to Mount Cyprus, where her father Tantalus lived, and cried there and turned into a stone. It is said that the stone remained on the mountain until later times, and Pausanias and others wrote in his Greeks that they had actually seen it. The legend of Niobe has been used repeatedly in literature since Homer, and her child, Niobe, is often depicted in vase paintings and statues as being shot by Apollo and Artemis. [Teruo Ito] Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
ギリシア神話のタンタロスの娘。竪琴(たてごと)の名手アンフィオンの妻で、2人の間には7男7女、あるいは10男10女、または六男六女が生まれたという。このようにニオベはとにかく子宝に恵まれていたので、ゼウスとの間にアポロンとアルテミスの一男一女しかいないレトよりも自分のほうが優れていると誇った。そこで怒ったレトはわが子に復讐(ふくしゅう)を求め、アポロンはニオベの男の子を、アルテミスは女の子をそれぞれ射殺した。一説には父親のアンフィオンもこのとき射殺されたと伝えられている。母親のニオベは嘆き悲しんで石に身を変じたが、その石はリディアのシピロス山上にあるという。あるいは、ニオベは父タンタロスの住むシピロス山へ逃れてそこで泣き続け、石と化したともいう。この山には後世までその石があったといわれ、パウサニアスなどは『ギリシア誌』に実際にこれを見たと記している。ニオベの伝説は、ホメロスを初見として文学の素材に繰り返し用いられ、また壺絵(つぼえ)や彫像などにも、アポロンとアルテミスに射られるニオベの子供が好んで描写されている。 [伊藤照夫] 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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