Alciat adopts the tale as a warning; Pride he names his 67th Emblem.
Superbia.
Emblema lxvii
Alciat, 1581
En ſtatuæ ſtatua, & ductum de marmore marmor,
Se conferre Deis auſa procax Niobe.
Eſt vitium muliebre ſuperbia, & arguit oris
Duritiem, ac ſenſus, qualis ineſt lapidi.