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Narcissus

Death by Beauty. Narcissus. Getting to Know Him. Narcissus was the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope He was the most beautiful boy on earth He would not return love to someone, who was not as beautiful as himself Narcissus’s beauty killed him. His Story.

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Narcissus

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  1. Death by Beauty Narcissus

  2. Getting to Know Him • Narcissus was the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope • He was the most beautiful boy on earth • He would not return love to someone, who was not as beautiful as himself • Narcissus’s beauty killed him

  3. His Story • Narcissus was lost in the woods that Echo lived in • Echo tried to make Narcissus love her, but he tried to run away from her • Echo made a prayer to Aphrodite • Aphrodite sought vengeance on Narcissus by luring him to a hidden pool • At the pool he saw his reflection and fell in love with it • Narcissus stayed there till he died • A new flower grew in the place were he died, and the nymphs named it Narcissus

  4. Poets of this Story • Ovid, a Roman poet, wrote the classical version • Partheniuswrote a version were Narcissus commits suicide • Conon also wrote a version similar to Parthenius’sversion, but it was Nemesis, the goddess of revenge, who sought out vengeance

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