A handbook of legendary and mythological art (1871)
Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916 · New York, Hurd and Houghton · leaf 482
ancient gems. Ne'reus. Son of Pontus and Gaea. Husband of Doris and father of fifty daughters. He dwelt at the bottom of his empire the Mediterranean Sea, or especially the ^gean Sea, and he is hence sometimes called the ^gean. He acted an important part in the story of Hercules. He had the gift of… … Niobe and her children. (Florence.) Ni'obe (Nioba). Daughter of Tantalus. Wife of Amphion, king of Thebes. She was so proud of the number of her children that she boasted herself as superior to Leto (Latona) who had but two children. The number of those of Niobe is usually given as seven sons and…
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