§1 διαφόρως δὲ τοῖς πολλοῖς ἱστορεῖται καὶ τὰ Νιόβῆς. Οὐ γὰρ Ταντάλου φασὶν αὐτὴν γενέσθαι, ἀλλἈσσάονος μὲν θυγατέρα, Φιλόττου δὲ γυναῖκα· εἰς ἔριν δὲ ἀφικομένην Λητοῖ περὶ καλλιτεκνίας ὑποσχεῖν τίσιν τοιάνδε· τὸν μὲν Φίλοττον ἐν κυνηγίᾳ διαφθαρῆναι, τὸν δὲ Ἀσσάονα τῆς θυγατρὸς πόθῳ ἐχόμενον αὐτὴν αὑτῷ γήμασθαι·
§2 μὴ ἐνδιδούσης δὲ τῆς Νιόβης, τοὺς παῖδας αὐτῆς εἰς εὐωχίαν καλέσαντα καταπρῆσαι. Καὶ τὴν μὲν διὰ ταύτην τὴν συμφορὰν ἀπὸ πέτρας ὑψηλοτάτης αὑτὴν ῥῖψαι, ἔννοιαν δὲ λαβόντα τῶν σφετέρων ἁμαρτημάτων διαχρήσασθαι τὸν Ἀσσάονα ἑαυτόν.
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Hercher 1858
Teubner
Hercher, Teubner, 1858 · 1858
The Editor

Rudolf Hercher (1821–1878) was a German classical scholar who edited a wide range of Greek prose texts for the Teubner series, including the Greek epistolographers and several volumes of Greek historians. His output was prodigious, and while some of his editions have been superseded, many remain the most recent critical text available for minor Greek prose authors.

About This Edition

Hercher's Teubner editions, produced during the mid-19th century, provide critical texts of Greek prose authors — many of whom have received little editorial attention since. The editions are characterised by a thorough apparatus criticus and occasionally bold emendation. For many of the texts Hercher edited, no more recent critical edition exists.

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