Source: Wikimedia Commons/Caravaggio/Public domain. I have long been fascinated by the myth of Echo and Narcissus, and may finally have cracked its meaning. First, let’s remind ourselves of the ...

While Ovid is a master at portraying humans ... we see women reject men’s offers of love. When Narcissus asserts that Echo wants “to jump [his] bones,” Echo replies, “I don’t want ...