This is from greek mythology.?

Who was Echo? Where did she come form? What was her curse or something like that.


Who was Narcissus? Where did he come from? Who was his mother? What was his Curse like Echo?





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This is from greek mythology.?
I believe Echo was a nymph who was fond of talking and always wanted the last word. When Hera (queen of heaven and wife of Zeus) came down from Olympus one day looking for Zeus (whom she believed was amusing himself with some nymphs), Echo distracted her with incessant conversation. When Hera found out that Echo had tricked her so Zeus could make a getaway, Hera cursed Echo and caused her to lose the use of speech (which she had been so fond of) and left her only the power of echo...she could only repeat the last thing someone else had said.





She later fell in love with the beautiful youth Narcissus and tried again and again to speak with him, but as expected was only able to echo him. She grew so despondant that she hid in a cave and withered away until all that was left was her voice. That is the "echo" we know today.





On the other hand, Narcissus was so beautiful that he attracted many nymphs. When he had spurned yet another one, she wished that Narcissus might one day know what it unrequited love felt like. A goddess heard this prayer and decided to do something about it. Narcissus stopped at a stream to drink and saw a beautiful image reflected back at him. He tried to speak to the youth, he wouldn't reply. He tried to embrace the youth and the image disappeared, only to return later. Narcissus became enamored of the youth he saw in the stream (his own reflection) and eventually forgot to eat, drink or do anything else. He wasted away and eventually died. The nymphs were heartbroken and when they went to retrieve his body, they found only a white flower with a purple heart that we call today "Narcissus".





By the way, I have heard that Narcissus was either the son of the river god Cephisus and the nymph Liriope or the son of Endymion and Selene (goddess of the moon).
Reply:Narcissus...wasnt he a chap or chappess that could not stop looking at him/ herself in a pool of water and got turned into a flower? Hense the flower with that name is always located next to water? Echo.....wish I knew that one....
Reply:Ever consider doing your OWN research and homework?
Reply:Echo was a wood nymph in love with narcissus,a self-involved greek peasant who loved himself so much he starved to death gazing at his own reflection in a pool.Echo was very chatty and one day when zeus was out womanizing she detained hera by talking to her long enough that zeus got away , as a punishment hera condemned her to only be able to repeat the words of others.Echo died but her voice remains ,forever repeating the words of others.
Reply:You are an ungrateful child.





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Reply:Give Charlene1 the ten points, spot on answer!
Reply:I agree with the above answer concerning Echo but I was taught in mythology class that Narcissus didn't starve. He gazed at his image so often (or better put) so closely that he fell into the pool


and drowned.
Reply:http://www.paleothea.com/Myths/Echo.html it will let you know the whole storey
Reply:Try here





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