Fragment 143
143Aulus Gellius, about 160 A.D., writes:—
‘Homer says Niobe had six sons and six daughters, Euripides seven of each, Sappho nine, Bacchylides and Pindar ten.’
Cf. fr. 31, the only line extant from the ode here referred to.
143Aulus Gellius, about 160 A.D., writes:—
‘Homer says Niobe had six sons and six daughters, Euripides seven of each, Sappho nine, Bacchylides and Pindar ten.’
Cf. fr. 31, the only line extant from the ode here referred to.