Echo
Publié le 22/02/2012
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Greek An Oread, or mountain Nymph,
daughter of Gaia. The goddess Hera, in a fit of
jealousy, deprived her of speech, except for the
ability to repeat the last words spoken by somebody
else. Echo fell in love with Narcissus, but Narcissus
loved only his own reflection. Echo faded away until
there was nothing left of her except her voice, which
may still be heard in the mountains and caves of the
world.
The story of Echo and Narcissus is told in Ovid's
Metamorphoses. It belongs to later Greek mythology.
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- Echo - Mythology.
- From Bulfinch's Mythology: Echo and Narcissus - anthology.
- François Villon Ballade des dames du temps jadis Dictes-moy où, d'en quel pays, Est Flora, la belle Romaine ; Archipiada, ne Thaïs, Qui fut sa cousine germaine ; Echo, parlant quant bruyt on maine Dessus rivière ou sus estan, Qui beauté eut trop plus qu'humaine ?
- François Villon Ballade des dames du temps jadis Dictes-moy où, d'en quel pays, Est Flora, la belle Romaine ; Archipiada, ne Thaïs, Qui fut sa cousine germaine ; Echo, parlant quant bruyt on maine Dessus rivière ou sus estan, Qui beauté eut trop plus qu'humaine ?
- Commentaire Littéraire: Ovide Les Métamorphoses, Livre III: "Echo Et Narcisse"