Tantalus (son of Broteas) and Artemis, boasting that Leto only had two children. To punish her, Apollo and Artemis killed all of Niobe's children. She was married to Amphion, twin of Zephus, and founder of Thebes. They were the only children of Zeus and Antiope. Tantalus's uncle (and Atreus's father), see section on Tantalus (father of Broteas). Manes, also known as Tmolus (father of Atys), was the first king of Lydia, which was then called Maeonia after him. He married Omphale but gave birth to Atys with Plouto. Manes was gored to death by a bull and Omphale became the queen. The list of
Zeus and the Tortoise deign to be present at the wedding of Zeus. The divine messenger Hermes was then sent to throw her and her house into the river, where she was changed into the animal now bearing her name. In the late 15th century, the Venetian Laurentius Abstemius created a Neo-Latin variant on the fable which was subsequently added to their fable collections by both Gabriele Faerno and by L'Estrange. It relates how, when the animals were invited to ask gifts of Zeus at the dawn of time, the snail petitioned for the ability to carry her home with her. Zeus asked if