ECHO

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ECHO NARCISSUS

• Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to
  sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.

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Who was Echo?

• In Greek mythology, Ekho (Greek ???, Ekho
  "Sound") was an Oread (a mountain nymph) who
  loved her own voice. Zeus loved consorting with
  beautiful nymphs and visited them on Earth often.
  Eventually, Zeus's wife, Hera, became suspicious,
  and came from Mt. Olympus in an attempt to catch
  Zeus with the nymphs.

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Who Was Narcissus ?

• Narcissus or Narkissos (Greek ?????ss??),
  possibly derived from ?a??? (narke) meaning
  "sleep, numbness," in Greek mythology was a
  hunter from the territory of Thespiae in Boeotia
  who was renowned for his beauty. He was
  exceptionally proud, in that he disdained those
  who loved him. Nemesis saw this and attracted
  Narcissus to a pool where he saw his own
  reflection in the waters and fell in love with
  it, not realizing it was merely an image. Unable
  to leave the beauty of his reflection, Narcissus
  died.

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About Story

• The story is told in Book III of
  the Metamorphoses, and tells the story of a
  "talkative nymph" who "yet a chatterbox, had no
  other use of speech than she has now, that she
  could repeat only the last words out of many."
  She falls in love with Narcissus, whom she
  catches sight of when he is "chasing frightened
  deer into his nets."

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About Story

• Eventually, after "burning with a closer flame,"
  Echo's presence is revealed to Narcissus, who,
  after a comic, yet tragic scene, rejects her
  love. Echo wastes away, until she "remains a
  voice" and "is heard by all." This is the
  explanation of the aural effect which was named
  after her.

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About Story

• Then, Narcissus "tired from both his enthusiasm
  for hunting and from the heat" rests by a spring,
  and whilst drinking, "a new thirst grows inside
  him" and he is "captivated by the image of the
  beauty he has seen" and falls deeply in love with
  "all the things for which he himself is admired."
  He then wastes away with love for himself,
  echoing the manner in which Echo did earlier on.

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• A while later his body is gone, and in its place
  is a narcissusflower.

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ECHO AND NARCISSUS
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• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_and_Narcissus
• http//www.gradesaver.com/mythology/study-guide/se
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• http//www.paleothea.com/Myths/Echo.html

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