Editing Niobe (section)

==Related terms==
The choice of "Niobe" simply as a name in works of art and literature is not uncommon either. Two minor characters of Greek mythology have the same name (''see [[Niobe (disambiguation)]]'') and the name occurs in several works of the 19th century. More recently, one of the characters in [[The Matrix (franchise)|''The Matrix'' film series]] is also named Niobe. A character named [[Niobe Vorena|Niobe]] also appeared in the ''[[Rome (TV series)|Rome]]'' TV series.

The element [[niobium]] was so named as an extension of the inspiration which had led earlier to the naming of the element [[tantalum]] by [[Anders Gustaf Ekeberg]]. On the basis of his argument according to which there were two different elements in the tantalite sample, [[Heinrich Rose]] named them after children of [[Tantalus]]—niobium and [[pelopium]]—although the argument was later contested as far as pelopium was concerned.

A mountain in [[British Columbia]], Canada is named Mount Niobe.

Four successive ships of the British [[Royal Navy]] were called ''[[HMS Niobe]]''.