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ECHO & NARCISSUS

ECHO & NARCISSUS. “ Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.”. Who was Echo?.

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ECHO & NARCISSUS

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  1. ECHO & NARCISSUS “Self-lovefor ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.”

  2. Who was Echo? • In Greek mythology, Ekho (Greek: Ἠχώ, Ēkhō; "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.

  3. Who Was Narcissus ? • Narcissus or Narkissos (Greek: Νάρκισσος), possibly derived from ναρκη (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.

  4. 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."

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

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

  8. ECHO AND NARCISSUS

  9. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echo_and_Narcissus • http://www.gradesaver.com/mythology/study-guide/section5/ • http://www.paleothea.com/Myths/Echo.html

  10. Thanks for Listening.

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