Note 368 — Chapter VII · THE PELOPIDS.
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Sapphô (Fragm. 82, Schneidewin)—
Λατὼ καὶ Νιόβα μάλα μὲν φίλαι ἦσαν ἑταῖραι.
Sapphô assigned to Niobê eighteen children (Aul. Gell. N. A. iv. Δ. xx. 7); Hesiod gave twenty; Homer twelve (Apollod. iii. 5).
The Lydian historian Xanthus gave a totally different version both of the genealogy and of the misfortunes of Niobê (Parthen. Narr. 33).