Narcissus eventually dies by the pool, with Echo standing by futilely. (In some retellings of the myth, Echo turns to stone and dies, too, her voice echoing her sentiments of love for Narcissus.) ...

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 ...

Narcissus's brutal rejection of Echo because of her inability to speak her own words caused her such grief that, in the end, there remained nothing of her except for her voice.

Narcissus eventually dies by the pool, with Echo standing by futilely. (In some retellings of the myth, Echo turns to stone and dies, too, her voice echoing her sentiments of love for Narcissus.) ...

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 ...