The Story of Echo and Narcissus

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The Story of Echo and Narcissus
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• Liriope Cephisus
• Liriope ask Tiresias if Narcissus will live to a
  ripe old age Tiresias replies Yes, if he never
  knows himself.

Narcissus
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Echo

• Nymph spirit of nature, minor female deities
• When hera came looking for Zeus having affairs
  with other nymphs in the forest Echo would talk
  to her and distract her until the nymphs could
  get away. Hera found out and cursed her.

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Liriope bringing Narcissus before Tiresias
Giulio Caprioni
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Echo
Giovanni Dosso
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NarcissusCaravagio
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Gyula Benczur
Narcissus
Fresco from Pompeii
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Nicolas Poussin
Echo and Narcissus
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• Narcissus
• Caldenari, Vatican

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Echo and Narcissus
J. W. Waterhouse
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Echo and NarcissusEdmund Kanoldt
Narcissus Lemoyne Fancois
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