Monday, May 11, 2009

Echo and Narcissus - Greek Assignment?

I need to know -


is the myth of Narcissus the same as the one of Echo?


I have the myth of Narcissus, which alos includes Echo, but I was wondering if there was another story about Echo as well?


If there is, do you know a website I could find it on?


Thanx.

Echo and Narcissus - Greek Assignment?
Not the same myth, as you can watch them separately, but connected:


http://www.thanasis.com/echo.htm


Echo was a nymph:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_(mytho...


Echo:


http://history.enotes.com/myths-legends/...


http://www.theoi.com/Nymphe/NympheEkho.h...


Basically all of stories mention these two together, but:


"Another story of Echo excludes Narcissus altogether. In this version she was educated by Nymphs and taught music by the Muses. She fled from all men, and loved her virginity. Pan became angry with her and attacked her music because he couldn't touch her beauty. He made the goatherds and shepherds insane and they ripped poor Echo apart and flung her pieces across the Earth. But Gaia buried them and preserved their beauty and the Muses decreed that they would forever sing out, imitating all things".
Reply:Some days after I had answered you incorrectly, I remembered that Echo was a nymph who knew of Zeus' indiscretion and who lied to Hera, his wife, when Hera encountered Echo in the forest. Hera was looking for her husband Zeus. Echo witnessed Zeus' relationship with some other creature. When Hera asked her where Zeus was, Echo lied to her. Eventually Hera found out that Echo had lied, also because Echo was wearing a ring of Zeus that Hera recognized. It is then that Hera cursed her to from then on for eternity, never be able to speak spontaneously; Echo would only be able to repeat what others say. This is where her name was derived from. Some time later, Echo saw Narcissus and fell in love with him, repeating everything he was saying. Since she had been very beautiful, Hera had made her invisible. When Narcissus stood at a brook, glancing into the water, seeing his own image, therefore his name, he stated that what he saw was beautiful; he didn't realize that it was his own image; the water's waves made it look like that the image had long hair and he had been searching for someone who was as beautiful as he. He remained at the edge of the water. There is a flower that grows at the water's edge that was named after him.
Reply:Echo is a nymph who fell in love with Narcissus. Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection on a pool of water. He would talk to himself as he gazed upon his reflection. Echo tried to get his attention but could only echo his words, which made him think that his reflection was talking to him. Later on, she gave up and left him alone. Then he turned into a narcissus flower.


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