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διαφόρως δὲ τοῖς πολλοῖς ἱστορεῖται καὶ τὰ Νιόβῆς.
Οὐ γὰρ Ταντάλου φασὶν αὐτὴν γενέσθαι,
ἀλλ̓ Ἀσσάονος 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:
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