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The Story of Echo and Narcissus. Liriope – Cephisus Liriope ask Tiresias if Narcissus will “live to a ripe old age” Tiresias replies “Yes, if he never knows himself.”. Narcissus. Echo. Nymph – spirit of nature, minor female deities
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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
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.
Liriope bringing Narcissus before Tiresias Giulio Caprioni
Echo Giovanni Dosso
Gyula Benczur Narcissus Fresco from Pompeii
Echo and Narcissus NicolasPoussin
Narcissus Caldenari, Vatican
Echo and Narcissus J. W. Waterhouse
Narcissus Lemoyne Fancois Echo and NarcissusEdmund Kanoldt