Narcicuss and Echo?

I have to compare/ contrast Narcicuss and Echo so..what are some similarities and differences between them? I think they both have an unrequited love (echo narcissus and Narciccus himself) and both ended up dying for love.. thats all i have so far.. so help. thanks

Narcicuss and Echo?
well, Echo loved Narcisius and he loved himself. they were both in love w/him. they both also ended up suffering. she became an echo in a cave and he became a flower, right?
Reply:In The Myth of Echo and Narcissus, a sound phenomenon and the origin of a flower are both explained. Hera comes to earth and finds Echo, a lovely nymph, whose incessant chatter irritates the goddess. As a punishment for her talkativeness, Hera takes away Echo’s ability to form words. Echo can only repeat the last few words that others say. Lonely and sad, Echo wanders through the forests and discovers handsome Narcissus. Narcissus drinks at a pool of water and falls deeply in love with his reflection. He is so mesmerized by his beauty that he falls into the pool and disappears. A lovely flower grows in his place and is named the narcissus. Echo, devastated by the loss of Narcissus, wastes away until nothing is left of her but her voice, which now can be heard in caves and mountains and is known as an echo.
Reply:Echo didn't die, she just never shut up. Heh, that's my username, I know. My friend called me that cuz I never shut ut up. :) She just lost her will to use her own words.





Unrequited love, yes.





Sorry, I don't know any other similarities, but only one of yours follows the myth I know.
Reply:Hope this can help in some way


Echo


by Micha F. Lindemans


The chief god Zeus had many affairs with both mortals and gods, much to his wife's dislike. While he pursued his amours, it was Echo's duty to beguile Hera's attention by incessantly talking to her. Hera discovered the ruse and as punishment, she made Echo always repeat the voice of another.





Echo fell in love with a vain youth named Narcissus, who ignored her. Narcissus found a pool of water and stared at his lovely reflection until he died. Echo watched him until she pined away, now her voice remains, repeating the last few things people say.





The Greek version of the story of Echo (the above is of Roman origin [Ovid]) is as follows:





Echo was a very beautiful and musical nymph. She could sing and play many instruments. She lived deep in the woods and denied the love of any man or immortal. She therefore attracted the hatred and anger of many, including the god Pan whose love she turned down. Pan caused his followers the shepherds to kill Echo and tear her to pieces that were subsequently scattered far and wide. Gaia, the Earth goddess, received the pieces in her bosom and thus Echo, scattered now all over the earth, retained her voice and talents answering or imitating every sound or voice.





Narcissus


by Morgan Upright


Narcissus is another example among several of a beautiful young man who spurned sex and died as a result. As such, his myth has much in common with those of Adonis and Hippolytus. In the Roman poet Ovid's retelling of the myth, Narcissus is the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope. Tiresias, the seer, told his parents that the child "would live to an old age if it did not look at itself." Many nymphs and girls fell in love with him but he rejected them. One of these nymphs, Echo, was so distraught over this rejection that she withdrew into a lonely spot and faded until all that was left was a plaintive whisper. The goddess Nemesis heard the rejected girls prayers for vengeance and arranged for Narcissus to fall in love with his own reflection. He stayed watching his reflection and let himself die. It is quite possible, however, that the connection between Echo and Narcissus was entirely Ovid's own invention, for there is no earlier witness to it.





An important and earlier variation of this tale originates in the region in Greek known as Boeotia (to the north and west of Athens). Narcissus lived in the city of Thespiae. A young man, Ameinias, was in love with Narcissus, but he rejected Ameinias' love. He grew tired of Ameinias' affections and sent him a present of a sword. Ameinias killed himself with the sword in front of Narcissus' door and as he died, he called curses upon Narcissus. One day Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection in a spring and, in desperation, killed himself.





Both of these stories give an origin to the narcissus flower, which grew where Narcissus died.