Tuesday, February 12, 2008

The story of Narcissus and Echo

This greek story is about when Hera, Zeus wife finds out about his meetings with nymphs and much more that happens in the story.
As I said earnlier, Hera found out about Zeus meetings with the nymphs and was going to scold him and curse the nymphs, but Echo, a nymph distracted her with talk to allow Zeus and the other nymphs to escape her.
Soon Hera found out about the distraction and got angry and laid on Echo meaning that she could only speak the word of her last sentence.
When Echo was living in a wood, she fell in love with a man named Narcissus. And she followed him, Narcissus sensing he wasn't alone asked who was there and she said one word she could speak ''Here" but he rebuked her and she died from sorrow.
One day he saw his reflection in a pool and became attracted to it and fell into the pool and was turned into a flower
This is what I know about this greek story the story of Narcissus and Echo.