Detail from Echo and Narcissus by John William Waterhouse (1903) Source: Walker Art Gallery/Public Domain As portrayed by the first-century BCE Roman poet Ovid, Narcissus is a handsome lad pursued ...

Caravaggio, Narcissus, circa 1600. Wikimedia Commons. Ovid reveals Echo is merely one in a list of thwarted admirers, including a young man who prays for divine retribution against Narcissus ...