d. Jove was careful to tell other human beings that they did not have to fear if they were at one with him: "Jove told them not to worry; he would give them/Another race, unlike the first, created/Out of a miracle" (10).
There are certain parallels in the story of Niobe, who fell prey to her hubris in the Maeonian country. Ovid shows that she had great wealth, and consequently he develops the theme that money corrupts with Niobe and her worship of material goods.
Ovid presents this woman in all her riches: "In Phrygian robes of gold, and beautiful/In anger, beautiful, if anger ever/ Lets one be beautiful" (134). Within this phrase Ovid pays homage to her beauty and also indicates that Niobe's corruption and anger also stood in the
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