# De Incredibilibus [Περὶ Νιόβης.]

Palaiphatos, De Incredibilibus, [Περὶ Νιόβης.]. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/palaiphatos/de-incredibilibus/%5B%CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%E1%BD%B6%20%CE%9D%CE%B9%CF%8C%CE%B2%CE%B7%CF%82.%5D

Φασὶν ὡς Νιόβη γυνὴ ζῶσα λίθος ἐγένετο ἐπὶ τῷ τύμβῳ τῶν παίδων· ὅστις δὲ πείθεται ἐξ ἀνθρώπου λίθον γενέσθαι ἢ ἐκ λίθου ἄνθρωπον, εὐήθης ἐστί. τὸ δὲ ἀληθὲς ἔχει ὧδε. Νιόβης ἀποθανόντων τῶν παίδων, ποιήσας τις εἰκόνα λιθίνην ἔστησεν ἐπὶ τῷ τύμβῳ [τῶν παίδων]. ἔλεγον οὖν οἱ παριόντες Νιόβη λιθίνη ἕστηκεν ἐπὶ τῷ τύμβῳ· ἐθεασάμεθα ἡμεῖς αὐτήν, ὥσπερ καὶ νῦν λέγεται παρὰ τὸν χαλκοῦν Ἡρακλέα ἐκαθήμην καὶ παρὰ τὸν Πάριον Ἑρμῆν ὤν. τοιοῦτον ἦν κἀκεῖνο, ἀλλ’ οὐχὶ Νιόβη αὐτὴ λιθίνη ἐγένετο.

---

Palaiphatos, De Incredibilibus, ed. Nicola Festa. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg1553.tlg001.local001/.